Snickers can make me content, mostly because of their content.

Hey, it's got chocolate, too.

(content, content-that was my joke)

Great posts all!
(if anyone gets to this point and hasn't read the whole thread I would humbly suggest that you do so, this is a great thread)

I have struggled in the past with happiness, as I will in the future. that's life .
I believe happiness is somewhat of a choice.
there are "Universal Truths" that buhiddism(sp?) hits upon very well.
a few that I've learned are:
1.only change is constant......yup folks if you like it now, hold on cause it's gonna change, for the better?, maby. for the worse, maby..

2.people will be people......aint free will great? you cannot change anothers mind, opinion,or perspective.
unless they let you.you will meet or more acuratly be affected by many different "typs" of people. can't change it , better just accept it.

3 it's not what you see, it's how you see it....
everyone has thier own perspective, thier own way of seeing the same thing you are looking at.yes even the blind.
as far as explaining what you see or your point of view see #2.this is where the choice part comes in. try to find the good in bad,the beauty in something repulsive.

as far as the jeanius thing goes intelligence does make life more complex,but your attitude makes(more acuratly ALLOWES you) to be happy. a big issue with alot of people I've met is control
control your emotions, control your self, control your surroundings, control the people around you, control.
Sometimes (more often than we think) we have no control.
that is where acceptance comes in.

this is getting pretty long I'd hate to upset anyone here by my ramblings!


"It's my mind.......I'll play with it if I want to!"

I know very little about geniuses, but I don't see high intelligence as a handicap in spiritual development.
I agree with whoever it was that said it's an Ego thing though, it is.
Of course intelligence is as pathetic to cling to as any other manifestation in this world, such as fitness, dan grades, money, looks, snickers, big d***s or what have you, but the highly intelligent person should be smart enough to realise this, or?