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The difference between the happiness which is real and the one which is mere illustion is that once we reach to the former and earn it, we treasure it dearly, do not want it to vanish, eagerly trying and pursuing to have more; when in the case of the later once we possess it we feel satisfied and often even without enjoying it in full, we loose focus and start wondering around for happiness! The former eagerness and sentiment is a holistic joy as it enriches both the soul and the mind, it adorns both the spiritual and material abodes of ones being, while the later only meets the material, the mortal and fleeting needs and pursuits and thus itself becomes passing and mortal with no lasting trace and effect. The world of matter, therefore, sheds on us sorrow and despair along with its pleasures and happiness; where "the spiritual world bestows only joy."