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happiness as well as unhappiness so that we can tell the

difference between good and bad decisions. Why then do

we continue to so willingly accept unhappiness? Because

our ego will never accept the responsibility of only

seeking to do what makes it truly happy. Being truly

happy is where our Spirit is contented. The ego is always

prepared to suffer for what it sees as its goals in life. A

spiritually ignorant ego has no idea of what that goal is,

doesn't understand the true purpose of life and yet is

measuring its choices, often at best, under the guidance
of its perceived religion. We have said before how

religion is created by humankind and for its means of
controlling the human population through the misuse of

spiritual principles modified to suit the society that

creates it. Those in “power” in that society depend on the

population of that society for the power they have and

will promise anything to achieve that position. Once they

get into that powerful position they will invariably

forget those promises, but the memory has stored them so