[isghoor]

Happiness, or avoiding unhappiness. That is the true goal of every goal.

I would advise you go to your experience. Not thoughts and ideas. But directly to your experience and figure out what you want to.

To find happiness, first one must gain clarity about the one who is finding. If we can see that one we call "I" very clearly then the attainment of happiness is going to be easy.

If the question is unclear, the answer will be unclear or completely wrong.

[isghoor]

To share the starting point I found helpful, start with the question to yourself: "Am I aware?"

Go to the experience of validating that answer. That is your anchor and starting point.

You know that to be 100 percent true.

Then separate what you are aware of from you (that which is aware).

Then investigate the nature of the attribute you know you have for certain. Is it limited in anyway? Is it personal? Does all experience depend on it or does it depend on some element of experience?

Clarify the understanding of your experience of yourself. And only then ask this question again.