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Why is happiness so very difficult to achieve ?
Aug 24th, 2017 at 9:47am
 

Why is happiness so very difficult to achieve, for so many people ?



Why is happiness at the same time,
both what we all individually desire in our lives,
and,
what seems to be, so very difficult to achieve ?

I would describe the feeling of happiness as achieving a feeling of 'contentment', within the human psyche.


HINT;
'Happiness' is a feeling.

And, 'happiness' is an internally generated feeling.



i.e.
'Feelings' [i.e. our own 'feelings'] are what we ourselves, generate [create] and 'give' to ourselves.

e.g.
No one else, has the ability to make us feel angry, or happy, or sad.

We do 'that', to ourselves!

When we feel angry,         we ourselves are creating that feeling,        and we are giving that feeling a place to 'reside', within ourselves. !



An old idea, but a very sensible one when dealing with what is going on in the world around us;

If you have the 'feeling', that the world immediately around you is 'not perfect',
then seek to change what you can change [for the better],
and,
always choose to accept those things which you can't change.



Handbook to Higher Consciousness
- by Ken Keyes Jr



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Yadda said....
http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1293669294/0#0
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A simple definition of SANITY/INSANITY.



Typically, an unrestrained sane person will act in ways which are harmless to others, and in ways which are creative, and productive [for himself, others, and society].

And typically, and conversely, an unrestrained INSANE person will act in ways which are harmful and destructive to himself, and, or, others around him.




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Re: Why is happiness so very difficult to achieve ?
Reply #1 - Aug 24th, 2017 at 10:14am
 
Yadda wrote on Aug 24th, 2017 at 9:47am:
Why is happiness so very difficult to achieve, for so many people ?




cause they're to busy worrying about what everyone else is doing instead of concentrating on their own lives.
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Reply #2 - Aug 24th, 2017 at 7:34pm
 
Because it costs money, you need a permit, you can't keep it - it has to be shared around, depends on the weather, you need to be qualified, there is a time limit and you don't get your money back if it still doesn't work for you.
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Reply #3 - Aug 25th, 2017 at 10:39pm
 
Happiness is nothing but a word. It means different things to different people. So there is no tidy, one size fits all, answer to the question. Many philosophies have addressed this subject, and none that I know of, have come up with anything even moderately interesting, rather like religion. Achieving happiness is not the problem, finding what happiness means to one's self is a worthy line of inquiry, but I doubt even that will be conclusive. You could go into a meditative state, seek secret knowledge, oneness with the cosmic whole, God, or better still, the lotto numbers. But all you would be doing is confirming the emptiness of the human condition. And why should any of it matter anyway? Now, I'm going to play my guitar.
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Reply #4 - Oct 12th, 2017 at 10:28am
 
Because someone else always has more.
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Reply #5 - Oct 13th, 2017 at 7:55am
 
Sprintcyclist wrote on Oct 12th, 2017 at 10:28am:
Because someone else always has more.


sprint,

I don't believe that happiness [nor contentment] has any sure foundation in our possessions or our wealth.

"......godliness with contentment is great gain."


Q.
Do you believe that there are no miserable or unhappy or insane millionaires ?



Happiness, is a feeling.       .....dare i say, a spirit!

And 'feelings' are what we 'make', create, and 'invite' into our 'presence', and which we 'give' to ourselves.

e.g.
Someone may say to their partner;

"You make me so mad!"

Wrong !


When we feel anger, perhaps we are reacting to some external stimulus,
but we create that feeling, and we experience it, ourselves.

No one can make us feel/experience anger, except ourselves.

....because, we are choosing to 'accept' the 'presence' of that feeling.



It is beginning to sound as though we are speaking of spiritual things, doesn't it ?


Galatians 6:8
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.


Psalms 19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.


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Re: Why is happiness so very difficult to achieve ?
Reply #6 - Oct 17th, 2017 at 10:27am
 
Yadda wrote on Aug 24th, 2017 at 9:47am:
Why is happiness so very difficult to achieve, for so many people ?
Why is happiness at the same time,
both what we all individually desire in our lives,
and,
what seems to be, so very difficult to achieve ?


People look for happiness in the wrong places.

Part of capitalist culture is to teach people that the more money you have the happier you will be. This simply isn't true.
Studies have shown that whilst people who live in poverty are generally unhappier than people who don't. Once you get to a level of wealth where all your basic needs are met, additional wealth won't make you any happier.

A famous study from the 1970s compared lottery winners with a group of people who had been paralysed and a group who had had no change in their circumstances. The researchers found that within a year the lottery winners were not much happier than they had been before their win, and that their newly acquired wealth had stopped bringing them happiness.

The study's findings have since been backed up by other research that shows money can come and go, but our happiness largely remains the same.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2016-11-28/wealth-health-and-happiness/8062816
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Reply #7 - Oct 17th, 2017 at 10:36am
 
The_Barnacle wrote on Oct 17th, 2017 at 10:27am:
Studies have shown that whilst people who live in poverty are generally unhappier than people who don't.



In the developed world maybe. However I've seen many people in other societies who have nothing, their home is a glorified shed with rugs, they have the basics, a plot of land to grow their food and a fire in their hearth and yet are happier with their lives than many people with all the latest toys and gadgets making 100x their money.
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Reply #8 - Oct 17th, 2017 at 11:35am
 
John Smith wrote on Aug 24th, 2017 at 10:14am:
Yadda wrote on Aug 24th, 2017 at 9:47am:
Why is happiness so very difficult to achieve, for so many people ?




cause they're to busy worrying about what everyone else is doing instead of concentrating on their own lives.

You're assuming they had a chance to start with.
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Reply #9 - Oct 17th, 2017 at 11:38am
 
Sprintcyclist wrote on Oct 12th, 2017 at 10:28am:
Because someone else always has more.

Envy certainly aint a happy place!

..but when people start out eating dirt and there is no hope,... well, can you blame that person for feeling ripped off?
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Reply #10 - Oct 17th, 2017 at 11:40am
 
The_Barnacle wrote on Oct 17th, 2017 at 10:27am:
Yadda wrote on Aug 24th, 2017 at 9:47am:
Why is happiness so very difficult to achieve, for so many people ?
Why is happiness at the same time,
both what we all individually desire in our lives,
and,
what seems to be, so very difficult to achieve ?


People look for happiness in the wrong places.

Part of capitalist culture is to teach people that the more money you have the happier you will be. This simply isn't true.
Studies have shown that whilst people who live in poverty are generally unhappier than people who don't. Once you get to a level of wealth where all your basic needs are met, additional wealth won't make you any happier.

A famous study from the 1970s compared lottery winners with a group of people who had been paralysed and a group who had had no change in their circumstances. The researchers found that within a year the lottery winners were not much happier than they had been before their win, and that their newly acquired wealth had stopped bringing them happiness.

The study's findings have since been backed up by other research that shows money can come and go, but our happiness largely remains the same.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2016-11-28/wealth-health-and-happiness/8062816

The middle-class represents a hopefulness allowable in a society: the ability to strive.
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Reply #11 - Oct 17th, 2017 at 11:41am
 
John Smith wrote on Oct 17th, 2017 at 10:36am:
The_Barnacle wrote on Oct 17th, 2017 at 10:27am:
Studies have shown that whilst people who live in poverty are generally unhappier than people who don't.



In the developed world maybe. However I've seen many people in other societies who have nothing, their home is a glorified shed with rugs, they have the basics, a plot of land to grow their food and a fire in their hearth and yet are happier with their lives than many people with all the latest toys and gadgets making 100x their money.

Were they smiling for the white man?
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TheFunPolice wrote on Oct 17th, 2017 at 11:35am:
John Smith wrote on Aug 24th, 2017 at 10:14am:
Yadda wrote on Aug 24th, 2017 at 9:47am:
Why is happiness so very difficult to achieve, for so many people ?




cause they're to busy worrying about what everyone else is doing instead of concentrating on their own lives.

You're assuming they had a chance to start with.


I know people who 'had no chance' and are quite happy with their lives.
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TheFunPolice wrote on Oct 17th, 2017 at 11:41am:
John Smith wrote on Oct 17th, 2017 at 10:36am:
The_Barnacle wrote on Oct 17th, 2017 at 10:27am:
Studies have shown that whilst people who live in poverty are generally unhappier than people who don't.



In the developed world maybe. However I've seen many people in other societies who have nothing, their home is a glorified shed with rugs, they have the basics, a plot of land to grow their food and a fire in their hearth and yet are happier with their lives than many people with all the latest toys and gadgets making 100x their money.

Were they smiling for the white man?


ones I saw were white
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Reply #14 - Oct 17th, 2017 at 2:02pm
 
John Smith wrote on Oct 17th, 2017 at 1:40pm:
TheFunPolice wrote on Oct 17th, 2017 at 11:35am:
John Smith wrote on Aug 24th, 2017 at 10:14am:
Yadda wrote on Aug 24th, 2017 at 9:47am:
Why is happiness so very difficult to achieve, for so many people ?




cause they're to busy worrying about what everyone else is doing instead of concentrating on their own lives.

You're assuming they had a chance to start with.


I know people who 'had no chance' and are quite happy with their lives.

Bullshite, or did they have a chance?
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