Schopenhauer knows that people naturally have desires. But these desires put a hold on the "happiness" we want to achieve, for there will be nothing but a sense of longing for accomplishment taking over when one is filled with desires, like and endlessly extending road, desires adding length to the road. Schopenhauer talks about this "happiness" one wants to achieve is unachievable, because happiness is an idea, a mental, thought to be achievable goal. Anything we consider happy, or beautiful, is nothing but a mere representation of the original beauty or happiness. Once a person achieves there goal or desire, they are put right back to where they were before the achieved desire was formed, just to have another take place.
Schopenhauer says that in a state of contemplation, only then can we lose ourselves, forget about our will, and be a vessel for the purest form of emotion or feeling that is given out to a group or individual. When truly listening to music, or viewing art, and I mean actually giving it the time to contemplate over, only then does one forget about desire, goals, and what is thought to bring them happiness. The absence of mind leaves the room needed for true beauty (that which can not be seen) and happiness (that which can not be achieved, only related or compared to) to take over in one's mind and manifest.
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