If we don’t have a central and overarching way to understand the world, the interactions and experiences that we have will appear confusing. When confusion dominates instead of clarity, we will not be happy very often.
Confusion will predominate if we persist in grasping for temporary satisfaction because the act of grasping keeps us from observing what is happening in the here and now. It is as if we are picking the fruit before it is ready in order to make it ripen.
If we learn to train the mind in patience, we will no longer have to settle for fruit that is not ready to eat. When we learn how to wait for the fruit to ripen we will have so much of it we won’t know what to do with it. We will have to give most of it away.
The training that is required to accept happiness when it is ready is called Vipassana. It is a process of learning how to observe what is happening moment by moment. Then we will not get distracted by unripe fruit. We will see it for what it is and the sweet ones will begin to appear to us naturally.