# Frustrated Happiness

When we search for happiness in material objects, experiences and relationships, our efforts will inevitably be foiled. The futility of material happiness plays out in four ways – can you think of examples in your life where you have experienced this?

| Result of pursing material dreams                       | Examples |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Futility - Didn’t get what you wanted                   |          |
| Insubstantiality - Got it but didn’t satisfy you        |          |
| Temporality - Satisfied you but didn’t last / got bored |          |
| Duality - Satisfied you but came with distress          |          |

The pleasure derived from activities in the material sphere never really satisfies the yearning of the soul, forcing us to keep searching and seeking newer experiences.

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*Now think of spiritual endeavours. Why is it that sometimes one may feel the deficiencies of material happiness within their spiritual endeavours? Have you experienced a time when spiritual happiness was opposite to the above? What may we have to do in our life in order to consistently experience that spiritual happiness?*
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