He realized that all his hopes and aspirations were based on sensory pleasures and the pursuit of status. "I realized that only by building a real spiritual foundation for happiness could I lead a stable, meaningful life," he says.
他發現過去的快樂和痛苦，都是因為自己先有了設定，如果願望沒達成就失望痛苦；而這些願望都建立在感官和名利獲得上，是極不牢靠的；「唯有把快樂建立在心靈的基石上，才能有穩固的生命意義，」蘇建銘表示。