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| Jimmy Allen, based Sedona, Arizona runs http://wrapped-up-box-of-what-you-want.com/ |
The meaning of happiness
by Jimmy Allen
SEDONA, AZ (June
12, 2009) - The standard of living, in company
with the meaning of happiness, transforms over time.
Happiness has been the center of hype and research
for years. Society is now redefining what it is that
we call happiness and where it comes from.
The concept of “happiness” was rarely taken into
account by our ancestors, not to mention the
prospect of the future even at a base level of
comprehension.
Happiness came at too high of a perceived cost to even dream about. We’re currently able to satisfy our needs with bigger and better things, and that generates happy feelings; but happiness still escapes us. Its fleeting quality leaves us wondering if we’re getting true happiness from money, food, and other material things.
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A day will arrive
when repetition of the cycle of desire fulfillment
will be perceived as fruitless action. People won’t
be impressed by material things because those items
will be considered creations of limited human wisdom
and restricted human creative ability.
If we understand that happiness means more than just
being satisfied with the material world, can the
material world make us happy? By material world
here, I mean the level of the 5 senses. Normally we
try to stimulate happiness with pleasure that
triggers these senses. We all know that kind of
happiness is totally unsustainable, yet temporarily
pleasing.
With all this talk about sustainable living, we
really ought to be asking about sustainable
happiness.
Because we’re getting a better idea of the future
attributes of happiness, those who can adapt the
quickest and master the new happiness have the edge
in achieving success and health in the decades to
come. This may stretch you a bit: in the future, if
you’re not happy, you simply won’t exist here. One
day, the only beings inhabiting the earth will be
unconditionally happy.
I work with a research team that has proven that
sustainable happiness is well within reach. In fact,
it’s closer than we think.
But there’s more to come about that and other cutting edge findings in my next blog.
Jimmy Allen is the founder and director of the Inspirational Learning Academy in Sedona, Arizona. He provides learning programs for children and parents in order to reach higher potentials of health, happiness and peace in life. To learn more, call 928-300-7170, visit http://wrapped-up-box-of-what-you-want.com/
Readers' comments
#1 "It is so clear that it takes long to see.
You must know that the fire you are seeking
Is the fire in your own lantern, And that your
rice has been cooked from the beginning."
~Chinese poem
As far as I can tell, all wisdom traditions say
the same thing... our natural state is
happiness. With time, it gets covered over, just
like clouds block the sun. Chasing, pursuing,
stumbling upon happiness leads to more
unhappiness.
Developing mindful practices are an effective
way to get to the source of happiness!
My partner, Dr. Frank and I,offer different
perspectives on midlife coping strategies and
particulary, the relationship between aging and
happiness- happiness-after-midlife.com
#2 Unconditional Happiness is available right
Now. It's a constant rush of happiness, joy, &
bliss that flows from inside the body out. It's
effervescent & happy excited. It's independent
of what is happening in one's life, independent
of thought, independent of focus & awarness.
It's unconditional - doing it's own thing - like
having your hand on the joy button ALL THE TIME.
A constant excited happy rush flowing inside to
out in the world. I've been experiencing it for
the last 11 years and I totally recommend it. ;)
Use to live in Sedona now in Flagstaff blissing
out. Love to all!
www.unconditionalhappiness.com
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