Geoff-Allen
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From that quotes book? -
"If you see the soul in every living being, you see truly."
"If you see the soul in every living being, you see truly."
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Accidentally closed - more dumb luck cos I tried a simplee search ...
Working on your own happiness isn't selfish -
If you had the choice to spend the day with someone who exudes happiness or someone who has a martyr thing going, it wouldn’t be a tough decision, right? How about your super upbeat friend vs. your chronic complainer friend? Not a challenging choice there either. Spend time with someone who exudes positivity, and you are more likely to feel positive. Hang with someone who acts like life’s number one victim, and guaranteed, Debbie downer is going to rub off on you. It’s called emotional contagion, and it means the emotions of others can influence us. So if happy people make other people happy, why is it that happy people are sometimes thought to be selfish?
Working on Your Own Happiness Isn’t Selfish
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Working on your own happiness isn't selfish -
If you had the choice to spend the day with someone who exudes happiness or someone who has a martyr thing going, it wouldn’t be a tough decision, right? How about your super upbeat friend vs. your chronic complainer friend? Not a challenging choice there either. Spend time with someone who exudes positivity, and you are more likely to feel positive. Hang with someone who acts like life’s number one victim, and guaranteed, Debbie downer is going to rub off on you. It’s called emotional contagion, and it means the emotions of others can influence us. So if happy people make other people happy, why is it that happy people are sometimes thought to be selfish?
Working on Your Own Happiness Isn’t Selfish
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Geoff-Allen
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World's happiest man? --->
Is this the world's happiest man? Brain scans reveal French monk found to have 'abnormally large capacity' for joy, and it could be down to meditation | Daily Mail Online
Some tips -
Is this the world's happiest man? Brain scans reveal French monk found to have 'abnormally large capacity' for joy, and it could be down to meditation | Daily Mail Online
Some tips -
- A healthy mind should act like a mirror - faces can be reflected in a glass but none of them stick. Use the same technique with thoughts - let them pass through your mind but don't dwell.
- It's impossible to stop thoughts from coming but focusing on a particular sound or the breath going in and out calms the mind, giving greater clarity. Controlling the mind is not about reducing your freedom, it's about not being a slave to your thoughts. Think of it as directing your mind like a boat rather than drifting.
- Be mindful - pay attention to the sensations of your breath going in and out. If you notice your mind wandering simply bring it back to focusing on your breath. This is known as mindfulness. You can apply it to other sensations to bring you into the 'now' rather than dwelling on the past or future. You could focus instead on heat, cold and sounds that you hear.
Geoff-Allen
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"If you can learn how to ride a bike you can learn how to be happy," says 67-year-old Buddhist monk and Happiest Man In The World, Matthieu Ricard.
As a child, poet Andre Breton, film-maker Louis Buñuel and composer Igor Stravinsky were regular guests to Ricard's philosopher parents' Parisian home. However, observing that the genius of his parents' friends didn't seem to make them any happier he set off for the Himalayas (abandoning his work as a molecular biologist at the Pasteur Institute) and transformed his life via meditation.
At the last count he'd clocked up more than 10,000 hours. Highly complex MRI scans by cognitive scientists at the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience in Wisconsin have shown extraordinarily high levels of upbeat activity (-0.45 on a range where -0.3 is described as "beatific") and almost invisible levels of negative emotions. "I don't see everything as rosy," he says, "but the ups and downs of life don't unsettle me in the usual way."
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How To Be Happy (According To The World's Happiest Man)
As a child, poet Andre Breton, film-maker Louis Buñuel and composer Igor Stravinsky were regular guests to Ricard's philosopher parents' Parisian home. However, observing that the genius of his parents' friends didn't seem to make them any happier he set off for the Himalayas (abandoning his work as a molecular biologist at the Pasteur Institute) and transformed his life via meditation.
At the last count he'd clocked up more than 10,000 hours. Highly complex MRI scans by cognitive scientists at the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience in Wisconsin have shown extraordinarily high levels of upbeat activity (-0.45 on a range where -0.3 is described as "beatific") and almost invisible levels of negative emotions. "I don't see everything as rosy," he says, "but the ups and downs of life don't unsettle me in the usual way."
Get the full-article below -
How To Be Happy (According To The World's Happiest Man)
Geoff-Allen
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There is a voice in us all that is ever-present, a voice that always sings its melody to the world. This is the voice of truth and certainty, the voice that lays bare the hidden mysteries of the soul. In a burst of inspiration, the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke heard this voice and wrote for three days “in a single breathless obedience . . . without one word being in doubt or having to be changed.”
In Silence - Rumi - Stillness Speaks
All the best!
In Silence - Rumi - Stillness Speaks
All the best!
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Roy Baumeister happiness
Philosophers, researchers, spiritual leaders—they’ve all debated what makes life worth living. Is it a life filled with happiness or a life filled with purpose and meaning? Is there even a difference between the two?
Think of the human rights activist who fights oppression but ends up in prison—is she happy? Or the social animal who spends his nights (and some days) jumping from party to party—is that the good life?
Is a Happy Life Different from a Meaningful One?
Philosophers, researchers, spiritual leaders—they’ve all debated what makes life worth living. Is it a life filled with happiness or a life filled with purpose and meaning? Is there even a difference between the two?
Think of the human rights activist who fights oppression but ends up in prison—is she happy? Or the social animal who spends his nights (and some days) jumping from party to party—is that the good life?
Is a Happy Life Different from a Meaningful One?
Geoff-Allen
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(Arthur Brooks) Happiness formula
Dr Happy | Resources
As Chief Happiness Officer of The Happiness Institute, I’m often asked a range of questions about happiness, what it is, and how we can all enjoy more of it. Here are some answers to some of the more common questions.
Cheers!
Dr Happy | Resources
As Chief Happiness Officer of The Happiness Institute, I’m often asked a range of questions about happiness, what it is, and how we can all enjoy more of it. Here are some answers to some of the more common questions.
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
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The Happiness Institute was Australia’s first, and remains its only, organisation focused solely on promoting happiness in individuals, couples, families and organisations. After working for more than a decade as a clinical psychologist I established The Happiness Institute in an attempt to promote the principles of positive psychology.
Rather than helping people go from minus 10 (i.e. distress) to zero (i.e. normal), I wanted to spend more time helping people go from zero to positive 10 (real and meaningful happiness). At The Happiness Institute we promote happiness through our coaching, courses and consulting activities by teaching the proven and effective strategies that have evolved from the exciting new field of positive psychology. This includes (among other things) teaching optimistic thinking skills, helping individuals and groups identify and utilise their core strengths, and encouraging as many as possible to build positive relationships.
My role is as founder and CHO (Chief Happiness Officer). My responsibilities primarily revolve around developing and delivering happiness programs, training others to deliver our programs and increasingly, consulting with organisations to enhance happiness and positivity within their teams and businesses. I also spend much of my time educating the public about happiness and positive psychology coaching, as well as writing and speaking.
More questions answered here -
https://www.drhappy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Happiness-FAQs.pdf
Rather than helping people go from minus 10 (i.e. distress) to zero (i.e. normal), I wanted to spend more time helping people go from zero to positive 10 (real and meaningful happiness). At The Happiness Institute we promote happiness through our coaching, courses and consulting activities by teaching the proven and effective strategies that have evolved from the exciting new field of positive psychology. This includes (among other things) teaching optimistic thinking skills, helping individuals and groups identify and utilise their core strengths, and encouraging as many as possible to build positive relationships.
My role is as founder and CHO (Chief Happiness Officer). My responsibilities primarily revolve around developing and delivering happiness programs, training others to deliver our programs and increasingly, consulting with organisations to enhance happiness and positivity within their teams and businesses. I also spend much of my time educating the public about happiness and positive psychology coaching, as well as writing and speaking.
More questions answered here -
https://www.drhappy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Happiness-FAQs.pdf
Geoff-Allen
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Happiness practice appreciation -
https://www.drhappy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/What-happy-people-do.pdf
https://www.drhappy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/What-happy-people-do.pdf
Geoff-Allen
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15 ways to Practice the Art of Appreciation
Brilliant living happiness - turns upa few -
Lifestyle and wellness innovator David Romanelli (aka Yeah Dave) offers simple, immediate tips to relax and feel better this very instant. Forget the high-flying workout routines and fancy-pants diet regimens, Dave’s fresh take on wellness will remind you that happiness leads to better health. With just the right balance of laughter and wisdom, these thirty-one easily accessible takeaways will inspire you to slow down, stress less, and smile more. Dave’s mission? Celebrate life NOW!
More?
Brilliant living happiness - turns upa few -
Lifestyle and wellness innovator David Romanelli (aka Yeah Dave) offers simple, immediate tips to relax and feel better this very instant. Forget the high-flying workout routines and fancy-pants diet regimens, Dave’s fresh take on wellness will remind you that happiness leads to better health. With just the right balance of laughter and wisdom, these thirty-one easily accessible takeaways will inspire you to slow down, stress less, and smile more. Dave’s mission? Celebrate life NOW!
More?
Geoff-Allen
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Books that help you live a happier life -
Tammy Strobel and her husband were living a normal middle-class lifestyle: driving two cars, commuting long distances, and living well beyond their means. Now they are living the voluntary downsizing — or smart-sizing — dream. In this book Strobel combines research on well-being with numerous real-world examples to offer practical inspiration. Her fresh take on our things, our work, and our relationships spells out micro-actions that anyone can take to step into a life that’s more conscious and connected, sustainable and sustaining, heartfelt and happy.
You Can Buy Happiness (and It’s Cheap)
Tammy Strobel and her husband were living a normal middle-class lifestyle: driving two cars, commuting long distances, and living well beyond their means. Now they are living the voluntary downsizing — or smart-sizing — dream. In this book Strobel combines research on well-being with numerous real-world examples to offer practical inspiration. Her fresh take on our things, our work, and our relationships spells out micro-actions that anyone can take to step into a life that’s more conscious and connected, sustainable and sustaining, heartfelt and happy.
You Can Buy Happiness (and It’s Cheap)
Geoff-Allen
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A spot of reading - from a recent email - 4 stories per session?
My Crazy Family | Chicken Soup for the Soul
Enjoy!
My Crazy Family | Chicken Soup for the Soul
Enjoy!