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Pillars of Happiness
- Thread starter Penumbra
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Okay Conan.Three things:
---crush your enemies.
---see them driven before you.
---hear the lamentations of their women.
(I'll try and come up with a better answer after I've given it some more thought.)
More honestly:
---health.
---feeling useful.
---having something worthwhile to focus on.
The first one isn't a prerequisite, but it makes it easier.
None of the above is absolutely necessary though. I've found that, barring any overwhelming reasons not to be, it's possible to just choose to be happy at any given moment.
---health.
---feeling useful.
---having something worthwhile to focus on.
The first one isn't a prerequisite, but it makes it easier.
None of the above is absolutely necessary though. I've found that, barring any overwhelming reasons not to be, it's possible to just choose to be happy at any given moment.
Peace, family, friends, good health, freedom and something interesting to be occupied with....
dgirl1986
Big Queer Chesticles!
My happiness is usually built upon...
- My envrionment
- Job satisfaction
- Relationship satisfaction
- Health
Happiness is a condition I allow to flourish in myself regardless of external circumstances. I will grant that external circumstances can make this allowance more or less difficult, but ultimately, I am the one who decides to be happy or not happy based on the expectations I formulate about my life. I can choose to whine and complain and fixate on all the things I don't have or I can choose to celebrate and appreciate and be grateful for all the things I do have.
Hey Pen,
I view positive emotions as means for gauging well-being. They help to determine a proper calculation of choices and action. I don't see happiness as something with a solid foundation, but as a dynamic product of physical, psychological, and social well-being.
The primary things that seem to produce positive emotion for me are abiding in presence, exercise, coitus, companionship, comedy, flow, being useful, and contemplating nature.
I view positive emotions as means for gauging well-being. They help to determine a proper calculation of choices and action. I don't see happiness as something with a solid foundation, but as a dynamic product of physical, psychological, and social well-being.
The primary things that seem to produce positive emotion for me are abiding in presence, exercise, coitus, companionship, comedy, flow, being useful, and contemplating nature.
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Having frequent opportunities to feel of use to other people.
Being recognized, acknowledged and valued as a fellow human being.
Effective communication with others.
And a couple that may be lost to me, mainly dealing with family.
Sha'irullah
رسول الآلهة
A mixture of ignorance is helpful but not recommended in the long run.
Happiness for me stems from the lack of empathy, ego and self awareness to my own life and by having such unshakable qualities I can be happy and never feel the issues others have. I am an extremely happy and carefree person with astonishing low capability to be concerned with things.
My happiness has been tested before with stress, death of loved ones, and even rejection.
True happiness truly comes from lack of concern and the lacking of social qualities not the abundance of them.
Happiness for me stems from the lack of empathy, ego and self awareness to my own life and by having such unshakable qualities I can be happy and never feel the issues others have. I am an extremely happy and carefree person with astonishing low capability to be concerned with things.
My happiness has been tested before with stress, death of loved ones, and even rejection.
True happiness truly comes from lack of concern and the lacking of social qualities not the abundance of them.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
I'm only happy when I'm depressed and angry.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Well, being your average basketful of bliss, this is harder for me to answer than one might suspect.
Seriously though:
- a need to pursue my own volition - wherever it leads. I need space...
- I need downtime away from others - otherwise I'd probably drive them insane.
- I need to get my hands dirty, with intense physical labor (Today I'm the arborist.)
- I need to try new things/approaches. I'm a bit relentless, just so I cover all my bases.
Observing this regimen has given me so much happiness over the years I cannot begin to describe.
*picks up pruning shears and step ladder... wanders off for the day*
I see it as a mixture of self-acceptance, acceptance of the current circumstances around me, and deciding to always venture into the future Unknown continuing to maintain that measure of acceptance of the past and the present.
It's an ongoing journey, Happiness is. Sometimes I am able to nail it. And many times I fall either just short or am way off the mark. But when it happens, score one for me.
It's an ongoing journey, Happiness is. Sometimes I am able to nail it. And many times I fall either just short or am way off the mark. But when it happens, score one for me.
I also agree with this.
Not only reactions, but taking deliberate responsibility for our choices and fully accepting the consequences seems to be crucial for experiencing positive emotions, like happiness, and cultivating long-term well-being and flourishing. I don't place any static emphasis on fleeting emotions as the end of rational-ethical-esthetic living, but they do play a necessary role in the dynamic process of living well. I mean, even negative emotions play a part when observed in the proper context with the aid of reasoning faculties.
Not only reactions, but taking deliberate responsibility for our choices and fully accepting the consequences seems to be crucial for experiencing positive emotions, like happiness, and cultivating long-term well-being and flourishing. I don't place any static emphasis on fleeting emotions as the end of rational-ethical-esthetic living, but they do play a necessary role in the dynamic process of living well. I mean, even negative emotions play a part when observed in the proper context with the aid of reasoning faculties.
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Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
Love, sex, career, archaeology, exploring, traveling, transcendence, healthy materialism, photography, trekking, outdoors, and in general a healthy combination of getting dirty, sweating, and knowing when to relax and have fun.
When my life is balanced between constructive work, healthy relationships, good material life and exploring I'm generally satisfied, my real quality or perhaps weakness according to some people has always been that when everything breaks down, at my core I'm really an optimist. If there is one rock-hard certainty that had sustained me through the bad times, then it is the utter surety that I would come out on top, and that the universe will look after me as long as I keep fighting and remain determined.
When my life is balanced between constructive work, healthy relationships, good material life and exploring I'm generally satisfied, my real quality or perhaps weakness according to some people has always been that when everything breaks down, at my core I'm really an optimist. If there is one rock-hard certainty that had sustained me through the bad times, then it is the utter surety that I would come out on top, and that the universe will look after me as long as I keep fighting and remain determined.
Wirey
Fartist
The Sum of Awe
Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
1. Freetime
2. Money
3. Fun
2. Money
3. Fun
