None of us wants suffering; we all want happiness, but...

None of us wants suffering; we all want happiness. But in fact happiness is just a refined form (bentuk halus) of suffering. You can compare happiness and unhappiness to a snake. The head of a snake is unhappiness, the tail is happiness. The head of the snake is really dangerous, it has the poisonous fangs. if you touch it, the snake will bite straight away. But never mind the head; even if you grab hold of the tail, it'll turn around and bite you just the same, because both the head and the tail belong to the snake.

In the same way, both happiness and unhappiness, or pleasure and sadness, arise from the same source - wanting. So when youre happy, your mind isnt peaceful. It really isnt! For instance (contoh), when we get the things we like, such as wealth, prestige, praise, or happiness, we are pleased. But the mind still harbors (mengandung/menyembunyikan) some uneasiness (kegelisahan/ketidaknyamanan) because we're afraid of losing it. That very fear isnt peaceful state. Later on we may actually lose that thing and then we really suffer.

Thus, even when youre happy, suffering is imminent (dekat/sebentar lagi) if youre arent aware. It's just the same as grabbing the snake's tail - if you dont let go it will bite. So whether it's the snake's tail or its head, that is, wholesome or unwholesome conditions, theyre all just characteristics of the Wheel of Existence, of endless change.


 
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