4/11/2023 0 Comments Bigger picture quotes![]() ![]() ![]() Breaking down the term happiness Defining happiness Instead of putting effort into trying to control things that are often completely out of our control, we can find peace in letting go and surrendering to whatever is. Mooji bring the illusion of control to the table. Trust in the power that is already taking care of you spontaneously without effort." - Mooji "The greatest step towards a life of happiness and simplicity is to let go. With this quote Paolo Coelho suggests to approach the subject based on the law of attraction by training ourselves to conciously share happiness we will naturally attract more happiness into our lives. The more we share happiness, the more we experience it. "Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided." ― Paulo Coelho "When we feel joy or excitement, it signifies that our belief system is in line with our true being" - Benthino Massaro 9. Similary, Benthino Massaro highligts emotions that are related to the state of being happy in his quote below. In the quote above Descartes focusses on the calm state of mind that results from the state of being happy. For happiness is not the supreme good, but presupposes it, being the contentment or satisfaction of the mind which results from possessing it." - Rene Descartes "There is a difference between happiness, the supreme good, and the final end or goal toward which our actions ought to tend. It's all about perspective and your thoughts about a situation. Some people can survive death and heartbreak without much hassle and others get frustrated at simple things. No matter what you have been through, a situation is defined by the meaning you give to it. "The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it" - Ekhart Tolle Ekhart Tolle explains the primary cause of unhappiness in this quote. We can also approach the essence of happiness by looking at the opposite unhappiness. "The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large" - ConfuciusĬonfucius' sentiment about happiness has echoed through history in books such as "The Power of Positive Thinking" and recent research in cognitive behavioral therapy, which seeks to help people see the connections between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. According to a Confucian mindset, happiness is a self-fulfilling prophecy that replicates itself the more we find reasons for its existence. It comes from the private, internal success people bestow upon themselves. By paring down our needs, we can learn to appreciate simpler pleasures. "The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less" - Socratesįor Socrates, one of the greatest ancient thinkers, happiness doesn't come from external rewards or accolades. For the Buddha, we make our happiness along the way. Similar the mantra that the journey is the destination, the Buddha's take on happiness puts the greatest emphasis on people finding fulfillment in the experience of living, rather than arriving. "There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path" - Gautama Buddha Seek for the happiness inside of yourself no external material can give you that one. You will never find happiness outside of yourself, everything is inside of you, you are the controller of your life, if you decide to live happily, you will be, if you choose to live unhappy you will be. "Everything in the universe is within you. ![]() Naturally you will be miserable, because you will miss your whole life." - Osho 2. And when you are living in the non-existential, you are missing that which is existential. To live in the memories, to live in the imagination, is to live in the non-existential. Because the past is no more, and the future is not yet. ![]() Whatever you are doing, don't let past move your mind don't let future disturb you. Happiness quotes by Osho, Rumi, Eckhart Tolle, Buddha, Socrates, Lao Tzu and more well known philosophers And finally, the link between happiness and yoga is being explored. Based on the essence of these quotes we try to break down the term happiness into different components that can contribute to our experience of happiness. We look at quotes on happiness from both ancient and modern, eastern and western philosophers. What is happiness? In this blog we aim to define the term happiness. ![]()
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