Lin Xi_You Are Not Unhappy After All_Taiwan Limited Edition

***This product ships to Taiwan only Author: Lin Xi Publisher: Bright Light Culture Size: 140mm x 210mm Pages: 296 Publication Date: June 2024 ISBN: 9786269787951 [Content Introduction] Special Feature: Cover Calligraphy by Lin Xi "You Are Not Unhappy After All" is Lin Xi's first collection of spiritual essays, sharing the true meaning of happiness with readers. Lin Xi has written 4,000 song lyrics, but only this book is about happiness. Since its publication, it has sold over 400,000 copies and is now a classic re-release. This new edition includes transcripts from three sharing sessions on happiness, hosted by Lin Xi. In this troubled world, urban dwellers seek fleeting moments of joy through external means, only to feel more lonely after the laughter fades. The source of happiness is actually close at hand, yet we fail to notice it. Immersed in a world of writing lyrics and articles, and after countless sad love songs, Lin Xi instead learns about happiness and cultivates it alongside his readers. He mentions in the preface: This book does not list a thousand ways to be happy, nor ten thousand places for carefree travel. If you haven't let go of the burdens in your heart, where can you truly roam free? It doesn't offer spiritual chicken soup, which can only nourish the body. The author humbly attempts to play the role of Shen Nong tasting herbs, choosing to cruelly try to unpack these burdens and understand the source of suffering. Only then can the heart be guarded. With a mind free from attachments, worries and suffering can be devalued to the point of being unseen, and one can rediscover the true mother of happiness: peace and contentment. To put it more plainly, regarding love, for example, happiness derived from contentment means achieving "not missing any flirtation, nor waiting for anyone," and "I don't want what isn't given to me, I don't love what isn't mine." The title "You Are Not Unhappy After All" also carries a subtitle: You Just Haven't Realized It Yet. As he states in his preface: "One thought leads to heaven, one thought leads to hell. Happiness is determined by the heart, existing like air. We only realize it when we breathe deeply, but breathing too hard until we gasp leads to the fear of loss. Clinging to happiness makes us unhappy." The book is divided into eight chapters, with the final chapter discussing death. This is because the author firmly believes that "one cannot know life without knowing death, just as one cannot know happiness without knowing suffering." If we shy away from the ultimate ending and don't consider what lies beyond, then the happiness experienced before is merely an illusion. Happiness cannot be pursued externally, as setbacks in reality are inevitable. It can only be cultivated within one's inner spirit to become invincible and fearless in the face of external circumstances. No need to search, no need to chase. [Author Biography] Lin Xi Graduated from the University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Arts, majoring in Translation. He has served as a teaching assistant in the Chinese Department at the University of Hong Kong, an editor at Kuaipao, a creative director/deputy manager of the program department at Asia Television, a creative director/general manager at Music Factory, and the head of the advertising creation and production department/creative consultant/consultant at Commercial Radio Hong Kong. He is currently a full-time writer.