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  1. #11
    happiness is illusion for me becoz we have become used to things which keeps us sad and depressed...In this world where we are living no news is good news for us. there is so much of crime,poverty, struggle for existence, acts of abuses, hatred, manipulation everywhere.how can one think of being happy over here. we often forget that happiness is in sharing,loving,giving and in more importantly in peace.Every good thing in life multiplies when you share and give...

  2. #12
    i agree one cant be happy when all the mishaps are happening around...but does that in any way say that happiness itself is an illusion...



  3. #13
    Quote Originally Posted by RAHEN, post: 270291
    ...happiness is a positive feeling...and to tell the truth of human nature...
    Happiness is an agreeable feeling or condition arising from good
    fortune or propitious happening of any kind. It is the possession
    of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended
    with enjoyment. It is associated with good luck, good fortune,
    prosperity, well-being, delight, health, safety, and love.

    Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of
    enjoyment except that of the animal appetites. It ia a state of
    well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to
    intense joy. These include: bliss, joy, joyous, carefree,
    jubilant, exultant, cheerful, playful, amused, fun, glad, gay,
    gleeful, jolly, jovial, delighted, euphoric, ecstatic, thrilled,
    elated, enraptured, comfortable, harmonious, and triumphant.
    Societies, religions, and individuals have various views on the
    nature of happiness and how to pursue it.

    Only saint-like persons, who feel that they are no longer
    interested in the external world, think that happiness is within.
    For many persons, nothing can make them happy. Our minds are as
    different as our finger prints - no two are alike. Listening to
    loud music makes one happy and makes another unhappy. Hence,
    there can be no single definition for happiness. It is probably
    impossible to objectively define happiness as humans know and
    understand it, as internal experiences are subjective by nature.
    Because of this, explaining happiness as experienced by one
    individual is as pointless as trying to define the color green
    such that a completely color blind person could understand the
    experience of seeing green.

    As a state and a subject, it has been pursued and commented on
    extensively throughout world history.

    "Call no man happy till he is dead." - Aeschylus

    "Happiness is a positive cash flow." - Fred Adler

    "Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true
    happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but
    through fidelity to a worthy purpose." - Joseph Addison

    "True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of
    one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation
    of a few select companions." - Joseph Addison

    Happiness is often associated with the presence of favourable
    circumstances such as a supportive family life, a loving marriage,
    and economic stability. Kali Yuga, the age of darkness, is the
    time when these favourables are difficult to find.

    Unfavorable circumstances - such as abusive relationships,
    accidents, loss of employment, and conflicts - diminish the
    amount of happiness a person experiences. In all nations, factors
    such as hunger, disease, crime, corruption, and warfare can
    decrease happiness. However, according to several ancient and
    modern thinkers, happiness is influenced by the attitude and
    perspective taken on such circumstances.

    From the observation that fish must become happy by swimming, and
    birds must become happy by flying. Aristotle points to the unique
    abilities of man as the route to happiness. Of all the animals
    only man can sit and contemplate reality. Of all the animals only
    man can develop social relations to the political level. Thus the
    contemplative life of a monk or professor, or the political life
    of a military commander or politician will be the happiest
    according to their own psyche.

    The following is the self-reported positive affect (i.e. positive
    emotion) during the day by 909 employed women in USA:

    Activities and their positive effect index:

    Intimate relations 5.10
    Socializing 4.59
    Relaxing 4.42
    Pray/Worship/Meditate 4.35
    Eating 4.34
    Exercising 4.31
    Watching TV 4.19
    Shopping 3.95
    Preparing food 3.93
    On the phone 3.92
    Napping 3.87
    Taking care of
    my children 3.86
    Computer/Email/
    Internet 3.81
    Housework 3.73
    Working 3.62
    Commuting 3.45

    Interaction with partners:

    w/ friends 4.36
    w/ relatives 4.17
    w/ spouse/Significant
    other 4.11
    w/ children 4.04
    w/ clients/customers 3.79
    w/ co-workers 3.76
    w/ boss 3.52
    alone 3.41

    Further, happiness is not entirely psychological in nature - it
    has got a biological basis too. The neurotransmitter dopamine is
    involved in desire and seems often related to pleasure. Pleasure
    can be induced artificially with drugs. Use of drugs is not some
    thing new, it has been used by many including Sanyasis since
    millenia.

  4. #14
    no happiness is not an illusion.. it's a part of life.. ery1 goes thru some happy n some not so happy moments...

  5. #15
    I agree with G.L. Happiness is a perception and feeling. Its upto you, as to how perceive it. And its very much a part of our life. Happiness is not a fantasy nor the life is. Its very much real as both have a time frame to exist and both can be experienced.
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