Happiness... impossible or inevitable

[Ming the Merciful]

I'm not sure if happiness is an emotion for me. Rather it's when nothing is in the way. The energy, the catalysts, life, all just flows. So it's an absence, maybe an absence of blockages. Maybe happiness is not a thing while unhappiness is the one that exists. So absence of unhappiness is happiness? If that makes any sense.

Perhaps you are, (unknowingly), expressing something that you are unaware of? In the Eastern concept, happiness can be expressed when we "At-One" with ourselves. In a sense it is an overcoming of the emotions, and reaching a form of Bliss? You will have no argument from me. The point is, the more we become aware of our emotions, (and control them), the closer we come to Bliss. Even in the act of Stillness, (I am not saying Still Mind). It is a presence, and self-awareness? Acknowledging the "Self". Not that there is anything wrong with knowing the Self. To overcome the Self, we must first understand it, (and its motives). Maybe you are reaching a form of Self-Realization? Self Realization is not a "One-Off" event, but can happen many times, as we gain an Understanding and Comprehension of Spiritual Knowledge.