The Reality of Happiness

Modern man would seek happy feelings rather then objective facts. Man would rather pursue the appearance of happiness then the reality of happiness. The modern thinking mind is more subjectivist than previous thinking minds. “If it feels good, do it, if I feel happy, I’m happy with that” is the mantra of the modern mind. The prevailing philosophy is nothing matters only feelings. We live in a feel-good, pleasure seeking, gratification oriented world. When we feel bad, we make bad decisions; we make decisions based on getting rid of bad feelings. If we can’t get rid of bad feelings, we more often then not, try the escape route through unbridled pleasure, addiction or destructiveness. When we feel good we can often make even worse decisions. Feeling good is a very weak moral compass. There is a stark contract between feeling good and being good. Today being “acceptable” to the world is more important than being “right”. To be blessed, to be virtuous, to be holy, all Gods standards, are completely opposite to the worlds standards of power, pleasure and comfort. Christ is shocking. He should be shocking. He is from heaven. Christ’s message “the Good News” is shattering to the human heart. It is shattering because it is reality. Christ is revolutionary. He is the only true revolution is the history of mankind. His revolution was, to make known reality, show reality, be the way to reality. Remember the ultimate meaning of reality is God. Christ was revolutionary because not alone did he bring us the mind of God but created a new existence for man. Man listens to what he wants to hear but Christ told us not what we want to hear but what we need to hear. This “need to hear” is shocking.