Happiness and love have much in common but they are not the same emotion. One way to understand the difference between the two is to think of love as personal, happiness as impersonal. The feeling of love for someone you love is personal. You feel an intimate connection at a deep level. You feel that connection also if […]
Category Archives: Happiness
Happiness and Love, What’s the Difference?
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Deep Happiness vs. Momentary Happiness
Everybody is happy sometimes. But relatively few of us are happy to the core on an ongoing basis. What adjustments do we need to make?
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Phony Promises of Happiness
Do you get fed up with messages that hold out a promise of finding true happiness? I sure do. I especially object to those that claim a unique pathway to happiness
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Acceptance is a Critical Aspect of Happiness
Accepting what is, acknowledging reality as it exists in this moment, is an essential step toward moving forward in life toward what you most desire. Acceptance plants your feel firmly on the ground and provides a launching pad to the future.
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Hope and Suffering at Christmas
This time of year brings forth great hope and plenty of suffering. How can those who suffer get through this time more easily?
Aggressive Pursuit of Happiness
The more aggressively you pursue happiness, the harder happiness becomes to achieve. That’s because trying to be happy focuses so strongly on self, while long-lasting happiness inevitably involves others.
Oneness on a Day of Elevens
Oneness, the core experience of feeling deeply connected with another person, a place, an idea of spiritual ideal, is a central theme of The Seventh System. Today’s date, 11/11/11, seems a perfect time
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Happy Harmonies
Something about harmony makes us feel happy. If you feel anything at all in response to the coming together of the unexpected, it’s likely to be
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Why It’s Hard to be Happy
Humans never evolved to achieve happiness. If you’re not naturally great at making your life happy, it’s not your fault.
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