With the analysis just now, we have clearly seen two factors that bring about a state of happiness for each person. That is the factor affecting from outside and the factor receiving from the inside. We also find that the inner element plays a more important role, because we can actively train to change for the better, and also the factors that have continuous and long-term influence on the state. our souls. When our inner perfection reaches a certain level, we can maintain a happy and happy mood in any situation, even before the most serious adverse events.
However, for most of us, the impact of the external environment is to some degree undeniable. Therefore, to have a happy life we need to have certain favorable external conditions. For example, we need good health, minimal stable living conditions, a good emotional environment for our relatives and friends. All of these factors contribute to bringing us a happy life, and they do not come naturally but require our constructive efforts. But in relation to the inner factor, all these things must be considered secondary. Therefore, we need to focus more on mental training and cultivation.
If we know the right way to use what we have, we can surely reach a happier life. For example, sharing difficulties with those around us, helping people in need, and poverty may cause us to lose some of our material possessions, but bring us higher spiritual values. , contributing to making us feel more peaceful and peaceful. On the other hand, no matter how much wealth we accumulate, it will not be helpful if we constantly live in hatred and hatred ... In this case, wealth cannot help us to be happy. serene at all.
Peace of mind is the most important factor for a happy and happy life. As stated in a previous section, doing "doing good and fleeing" is a fundamental principle that initially helps us gradually reach the perfection of the soul. Normally, we can express this process in detail as follows:
This interpretation is not wrong, but it is not really accurate. We should understand it in the following expression:
The main difference in these two understandings is that doing good as a direct method helps us to achieve spiritual perfection, not necessarily depending on the result of that act. This explains the meaning of good deeds, though small but effective, while having things that look like great things are of little significance. The meaning of work depends on the mind and our kindness when doing things. In this way, the perfection of the soul is the goal to be achieved when we do a good deed. Of course, doing so also results in a specific material result, but that does not necessarily affect the perfection of our souls.
As mentioned, doing "doing good and avoiding evil" is the most basic initial principle. However, that is not all we need to know in perfecting the soul. To go further, we need to learn the methods of restoring and training the mind so that we can reach a state of peaceful and peaceful soul in any circumstance. Of course, it is a goal set out in the process of rising, but how much it depends on the efforts of each person.
