Entrenched

Entrenched is the word that comes to mind when describing the Eastern culture. A society established firmly and securely in delusions (what doesn't matter.) Consider an entire industry (Marketing and Advertising) making an obscene amount of money manipulating the mind, through visual content, to believe in what isn't real - fantasy. 

When brought to awareness (truth) of what is made up/not real, you feel uncomfortable and confused. Because you've been disarmed, now left with nothing, you'll defend your belief saying "Yes. I know, you're right but...". As if there is ever a BUT...that trumps God. 

Because you are bound by chains of guilt, anger, jealousy, hurt, disappointments, etc., your vision is obscured and you now believe what's not real/made up (wealth, success, fame, etc.,) is what will bring you Happiness. This explains why you're never satisfied. You're always searching for something more, something more meaningful. You haven't quite figured out that you've  confused Happiness with Joy. Happiness is a temporary state of being which is the reason you feel depressed when Happiness is gone. Being confused, you question God - "Why me?, "How could you let this happen?", "Where were you when I needed you?" 

Joy, on the other hand, is an eternal state of being that will never be found in anything here on earth. It is found only in the present moment. You'll never find it in the past (because the past is gone and will never come back although it will repeat its self until you understand and learn from it.) Its not found in the future because 1. the future doesn't exist and 2. its not something you can request in advance. 

You don't need to be a part of a religious group or cult to recognize Truth. There is no membership requirement and there are certainly no association fees! Holy Spirit doesn't require sacrifice (lose something to gain something.) Its sole purpose is to show you the Truth.   

Being established firmly in nothing doesn't change the fact that its value is worthless! Sure you'll find happiness in whatever you give meaning however please know, whatever you give meaning at some point will cause pain and suffering because any/everything meaningful comes from God and God alone. Any/everything apart from that is temporary which leaves feelings of emptiness, sorrow, shame, depression, regret, resentment, etc.,. 

Firmly establish yourself in THE one true thing and that is Peace and Joy come from God. Because they are a state of BEING, there are no words to describe them. They are to be experienced in order to know what they are. The present moment is the only point at which they're obtained by God but you have to let go of your delusions in order to receive Peace and Joy. 

This is done by seeing what is made up for the nothingness that it is. It's in the eye of the hurricane that the Holy Spirit reminds you what you made up (which turned on you to destroy you) is not real. See them for what they are (tests to determine with whom your faith lies) and you'll see what causes one to drown in misery and eventually take their own life, will be the same things that, when looked upon with clear vision, be what causes you to  "walk on water" during the storm.  Peace