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No one cannot fulfill human desire. If we have one, we need two. If we have two, we need four. I
think that's the nature of the human. We cannot kill our desire we will not be happy. |
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People always look for satisfaction in the wrong things; material items and pleasant experiences
make us feel a certain type of temporary satisfaction.
It is my belief that most of us do not know true bliss and happiness, something that can only be
achieved through giving and gaining enlightenment. Assisting others and attempting to lessen their
burdens always lightens our dark clouds.
Also, we take ourselves too tragically. The issues of life are not always as grand as they may seem,
but we always succeed in making a big deal out of the smallest things. |
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Most sadly, I agree. Few persons are living their best life now. Most people waste their lives on
things that are non-essentials including TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONE ELSE but not living out their own
best dreams. |
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I just agree same .Role everyday is different. |
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One is never satisfied, until they are sitting on there own private jet in conversation to the 3
hottest women in the world on your way to your own billion dollar private mansion on a deserted
tropical island!!!!!!!!
People these days always want more! |
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The only thing that will ever truly satisfy a person is Jesus!!!! |
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It is a very common human psychology that human beings generally do not get satisfied or fully happy
with whatever they have or do. Their need for something more or something better always increases
day by day. Nowadays new and advanced things are coming out which help us serve many purposes of our
daily life. We try to get hold of all of them, yet after a few days our thirst for something better
arises. We do not get fulfilled with whatever we have. We always seek something which someone else
is possessing. As a result we again start opting for it and try to get it as fast as we can and the
same process goes on. We move around, we eat, drink, party, shop or play but nothing really makes us
happy and we do not get fulfilled with that anything we do. |
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Its a human nature, no one will ever be satisfied. Every politician wants to see how far he can go
with his powers. No warrior was ever satisfied.
If we have enough money to buy a branded show we want to buy two branded shoes. If we have a nice
new mobile phone we want to buy a latest model....
NOONE EVER GETS SATISFY,,,,,,,,, |
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I just generally feel fulfilled most of the time. I'm not sure why.
This video really makes a good point, though:
Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus |
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Try religion... |
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Happiness comes through jesus Christ as a personal saviour and friend so that fulfils our longing
for "something more" or "something else". |
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I have found fulfillment, so you are wrong. LOL. |
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Just because the school systems don't teach you how to find out what is fulfilling to you, doesn't
mean you can't take a course "life purpose" or explore you talents etc I believe it would be a lot
better if it was a course in school....it would give kids direction in life. My...I feel so
fulfilled saying that!!! |
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I am fulfilled for today, therefore it is indeed possible. |
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Fulfilment comes from God and the love and joy he give us. |
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If people could realize all that they have, they would feel fulfilled. People are too focused on
wanting more. It is not impossible to find fulfillment, fulfillment is a mindset. |
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It is not impossible but hard to find fulfillment. The main reason why most of us can never find
fulfillment in what we do is because we look in the wrong places. The world has become a very
selfish place. We love to live for ourselves and even caring for our own family members has become a
labor. The perfect way of obtaining fulfillment is by caring for others and helping them whenever
and wherever possible. Reward less help and even tiny gestures of support can result into
fulfillment if done with the right spirit. |
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I'll be brief. I believe that you can find fulfillment. If you haven't yet, just keep looking. Start
by keeping it real. |
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Of course you can find fulfillment. Live your life on purpose and enjoy every minute. |
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I think that even though there is a lot more stress, or at least "perceived stress", in today's
world, there have also been ways developed to cope with that and ultimately find peace, happiness
and fulfillment in your life.
One such course (I won't mention the name) that I attended, took me through a very intensive
weekend. Now, it wasn't the aim of the course to "make me happy and fulfilled", in fact going into
it, I didn't even feel like I needed to be there. It was something that another family member put me
onto and because they were so enthusiastic about it, I just had to see what all the fuss was
about.
Now obviously I can't express exactly what was said and "taught" over a whole weekend in this one
post, but never the less I will give it a go!
Essentially, what it taught me, was that you need to choose to be in the moment you are in, now, not
tomorrow, not this evening, not in 10 minutes - now. If there is something that you don't like or is
not in alignment with what your goals are, then you need to choose to do something else. It's about
taking responsibility for your life and realising that you control it, even though you would like to
think you don't, and you're just a victim of events happening around you.
Obviously there was a lot more to it and it was a lot more in depth, but the fact still remains that
I can now find true happiness and fulfillment in my life and I have an actual practical technique to
apply and use. It's not as if I consciously use the skill anymore either, over the past few years it
has become second nature and I don't even know I'm doing it, I just generally feel fulfilled.
So, even though we are more advanced these days and there are more material things around us to
distract us from finding true fulfillment, those same advances have helped us to evolve our
thinking. If we choose to use that "technology" to help us, we can enjoy a higher level of
satisfaction and fulfillment. |
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To some, fulfillment is called happiness, some call it success, or achievement, others call it peace
or being at one with the self.
This intangible, elusive state that we all work so hard to achieve. Fulfillment is a state of
completeness, a sense that we are whole. Fulfillment means that we are replete. It is the feeling
that nothing is missing.
We are driven by our desire to fill the void, to fill it full, to stuff ourselves. We try many ways
to fill it: The new car, the new boyfriend or spouse, the new home, the new job or to others the
latest diet, that new video game, those shoes or fashions. Each of these will do the job for a
short time, it will temporarily satisfy our craving for fulfillment. But soon enough, when the buzz
ebbs away, we will feel empty or incomplete once more.
This need, this burning sensation can make us behave out of character. It pushes us from
relationship to relationship, always searching for ‘the one’. It makes us leave our husband for
a waiter we met on holiday. It tempts us to cheat on our partner, consider ‘open’ marriages,
have a new sexual partner each week or yearn for the excitement of the beginning of a new
relationship again. Why do we do these things? Our reason - our excuse? I wasn’t fulfilled. This
person didn’t fulfill me and my needs. Why did we expect them do that for us? How selfish and
unfair we are to imagine that another person’s purpose in life is to make us feel complete. But
the desire to fill this gap in our lives knows no end because this is a hole that cannot be filled.
We are addicted to fulfillment and when we are not trying to achieve it, we experience cold turkey.
Once we have committed these acts - these actions that we feel will lead us towards fulfillment, we
soon learn that we are wrong and before too long, the need to scratch the itch of fulfillment
surfaces again. This time it takes a different form.
Many people reach heights in their job only to realise that the achievement of one’s lifetime
career ambition does not fill the void that we feel. People say to me ‘I know I will be happy when
I just get that job’. I disagree. Others say to me ‘I’ve no idea what I want to do with my
life’ - what they mean is, the things I have done so far do not fulfill me. Why is this? Simple.
A career alone cannot make one whole. Does this mean that we should give up our desires,? By no
means. The challenge of succeeding in our chosen field can improve and develop us. However, the
career itself, and the pursuit of success are limited in their powers of fulfillment. They are
short term solutions.
Have you ever had the feeling that although you should be perfectly happy, something is not right.
Imagine a bottle with a hole in it. The bottle cannot hold the water because the hole keeps letting
it all out. It doesn’t matter how many times you try to refill it, unless you plug the hole,
it’s always going to leak away. This is the same with happiness, with success, peace, or
fulfillment.
There are more damaging and more desperate searches for fulfillment. Many of us have so-called
vices. Some smoke, others drink, overspend, overeat, take drugs, gamble or use pornography. These
are not particularly modern problems, most have existed forever. Nonetheless, these vices become
out of control when they are used to fill a hunger that cannot be sated. Sensational pleasure is
achieved through drink, drugs, shopping, et cetera. These are superficial pleasures, they cannot
sustain one for long but when they become compulsive, they become badly damaging. The thrill of
gambling fades and leaves us in debt. The use of pornography leaves us desensitized and numb to the
joy of real love. The tangible pleasure and sensations involved makes these vices addictive, we
feel an emptiness and we fill it with an intense but temporary pleasure. It works for a while, then
we need to fill it again and so the vice becomes addictive. Have you ever overeaten? Who hasn’t!
But we do not overeat to feed a visceral bodily hunger, we overeat to satisfy a different kind of
hunger. A hunger to fill the belly of fulfillment.
So, how do we find fulfillment? How can we become happy, satisfied, sated, complete, replete, at
peace with one self? The answer is rather the opposite to what you might expect. To feel full, you
must give. To feel replete, you must offer something of yourself to others. Put simply, to feel
complete, to feel fulfilled - you have to give something away. The route to fulfillment is to stop
focusing on ‘Me, Me, Me’ and start putting your attention on others. The unselfish action fills
us in ways our selfish actions simply cannot. The selfless act requires us to stop thinking of
ourselves and do something for someone else.
Does this mean give money to charity? Perhaps, that might be a start but is likely to be a temporary
solution. Anyone can toss coins in a beggar’s cup. To buy the beggar new shoes takes time,
kindness, consideration and finally the selfless thought that initiates the unselfish act. Is it
just about money? Should I give up all of my worldly possessions and go and live in a cave? No. This
is not about denying material, emotional or sensational needs. You are entitled to enjoy your life
too. However, when you take the time out to give your time, your thought and your energy for
someone else’s benefit, you can find lasting fulfillment. The key to finding personal fulfillment
is not in you, it’s all around you in everyone else. |
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18 Dec 2007 21:33
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