The True Holiday

Fatigue and restless, that is the characteristic of human civilization nowadays. Not only in working time, even in the moment of holiday people experience fatigue and restless. This explains why stress, depression, divorce, suicide, terrorist bombs continue to appear to indicate that there are dark spaces within that needs to be illuminated. Only when the inner darkness is fully illuminated then there is possibility of true holiday.

Dry Deserts of Greed

One of the previous century important discovery is fast-flying jet aircraft, which is similar to modern people who keep running, chasing and get lost. The situation is similar to a cat chasing its own tail. The faster a cat chasing its tail the farther the tail will run away.

The richest country in the world in terms of GNP (gross national product) is United States. Sadly, the World Happiness Report in 2012 reported that this nation does not even get the top ten among happy nations. Sheila McLeod in The Art of Starvation open great irony. While people in developing countries can not eat because of poor, in well-developed countries people can not eat because of the complicated combination of self hatred, fear, sense of failure and helplessness.

Taken all together, greed is like a dry desert. In the language of Mahatma Gandhi, the world is enough for everyone's need, but not enough even for one's greed.

Dewdrops of Happiness

That's why human being everywhere are hungry of happiness. This starving of happiness that makes people of Bhutan use Gross Happiness Product as measurement of success.

A number of studies in the field of neuroscience indicate, when people experience positive emotions such as happiness, the production of dopamine increase in the brain. As a result, the door of attention to the outside world is closed, then there is more energy available to cultivate within.

Unfortunately, happiness is like dew drops. It is certainly soothing,  but it does not completely quench the thirst. This is also the reason why some psychologists shift the focus of research into well-being.

Fountain of Well-Being

"Let's start from where you are", that is the message of Masters in this path. Whatever you have now, use it as a starting line to begin the journey. In this way, human being are not only stop running, but also begin to cultivate inside.

Unlike the way of chasing, the approach of inner inquiries open the self layer by layer. Suffering usually open the gates to enters the darkness inside. Because of dark, fear firstly appear. But when the inner journey is equipped with sincerity, honesty, surrender, then the secret is opened. Fear, sadness, suffering are only ropes that are mistakenly assumed as snake. This is As soon as darkness inside is illuminated, all desire to chase outside stop. It is replaced by a deep sense of well-being. Life in this stage begins to be like a beautiful fountain. This is the true holiday (by which read: enlightenment)what psychologist Carl G. Jung called as "to make the unconscious conscious".

As soon as darkness inside is illuminated, all desire to chase outside stop. It is replaced by a deep sense of well-being. Life in this stage begins to be like a beautiful fountain. This is the true holiday (by which read: enlightenment).