Matthieu Ricad

In this essay I will be discussing about Matthieu Ricard and how he speaks about the joy of life and the way to live without being unhappy. In the video we watched he gives strong advice on how to keep ourselves going and to never give up if something negative happens. I will also be talking about the way I feel about happiness, and if I agree or disagree with Matthieu Ricard and his words to happiness.
Matthieu Ricard is a French Buddhist monk. As a young man he gave up a very promising science career as a doctor. He decided to travel to India to study with Tibetan spirituals masters. Matthieu is amongst other things, an author, photographer etc... He comes across as both a very likeable and interesting guy, in possession of all his mental
Something we experience, but rather, something we create.” It is a skill, and as such can be learned, developed, enhanced and maintained despite the usual ups and downs of life. Matthieu tells us how we create our own unhappiness through false impression of reality. By protecting and trying to please this untrue fabrication, we create our own suffering. Unrelieved selfishness and labels we make up about ourselves increase our suffering. He gives us advice to cancel out our self-torture and to encourage true happiness, a balanced state of inner well-being, with awareness of how our minds work and freedom from afflictive emotions. We try to transform our minds, and achieve inner peace which leads to deep happiness as a way of being. Meditation is a huge thing for Matthieu. He states that you should give each day a different flavour and style. Slowly you are making a deep transformation. Meditation makes a huge difference. All you need to do is think of nothing and do nothing. It’s that simple; make everything go in one ear and out the
When realized, it is one of the best feelings that someone can experience. It is balancing of everything in life to be at a good level. It`s a relief of stress. Happiness is not usually an emotion that can come about for no reason. It is usually brought about by other feelings or conditions that benefit a person’s life. It is what keeps us going and working. A life without happiness is a life of sorrow, and is not life at all. Although some people are naturally happier than others, their happiness is still weak and incomplete. Same goes for wealthy people, they have everything they want because money comes in handy but maybe there family doesn`t have a good relationship. Life is tuff, and what’s even tougher if to find happiness. It doesn`t just come to you. As I remember it was easier as a little child to pursue happiness, for example; when I had a little crush id get happy and it would stay with me unlike in these days we buy stuff for ourselves and we feel like it’s enough but then it’s not in a few days. We always need the latest thing to make us feel good about ourselves, the newest style, the newest electronics etc... Personally the only thing I think everyone needs to at least have a bit of happiness is good friends and a good relationship with your