TED Talks- Srikumar Rao: Plug into your hard-wired happiness- Part 1/2

[happinesson]

i accept your preposition with all of my heart. I will share this video to my friends!

[Kannan000]

Acceptance here refers to emotional acceptance. e.g. Here a) we have a difference, and b) we may not be able to resolve this difference (not entirely in our control). If we are upset or frustrated by a) or b) ... i.e. these are not emotionally *acceptable* to us, then we have lost our freedom in the sense we will be compelled to try too hard or feel bad or smthng similar. We r free to act in any way of course, but our choices are limited by our emotion (not really freedom).

[Boxmanboxman]

This is not happiness, this is merely stoic apathy. Accepting reality for what it is does not bring happiness. Agreeing to be enslaved is nonetheless still being enslaved. This guy has a good start but I would like to contend that happiness equates freedom. If you can find freedom you can find happiness.

[classicdinner]

@Boxmanboxman  i agree 100%

[CarlJibbs]

@Boxmanboxman enslaved by and/or freedom from what?

[Boxmanboxman]

@CarlJibbs You are missing the point by your question of 'enslaved' it was merely an analogy. One agreeing to be enslaved does not lesson the fact that slavery is a bad thing. And freedom as in the ability to do anything you would like to do with your life (within socially acceptable behavior)

[CarlJibbs]

@Boxmanboxman I agree with you whole-heartedly. I wanted to make sure enslavement meant "we're enslaved by reptilian Illuminati overlord" nonsense. In any case, I agree with what both you and Kannan are saying below (or above depending on the post). I think the first step to freedom is acceptance of your present situation. Once acceptance is established, a realization can be made that certain aspects are under your control, other parts of life are not. This, I believe, is freedom.

[Kannan000]

@Boxmanboxman @classicdinner If you look a little deeper, seeking something/anything does not bring freedom ... accepting does. Seeking brings seeking ... you are a slave to your seeking. Even if you completely get what you are seeking, you are soon seeking something else again. So, where is the freedom? Acceptance gives you a platform for pursuing things in a different way ... this is true freedom, where you have choice to pursue or not to pursue.

[Boxmanboxman]

@Kannan000 The type of freedom I am referring to exactly what you referred to in your last sentence. The freedom to do anything you would like to do (within socially acceptable norms). The reason this brings happiness is because it brings a sense of control to one's existence, your life is yours to create as you wish. I do not equate seeking to freedom. Acceptance is not true freedom nor is it a platform for choice, rather it preaches giving up control over one's existence.

[sixamsedna]

ven vee inWEST in the PROcess. :D

all kidding aside, this is Eckhart Tolle in 20 mins

[AguaWasserEau]

15 minutes of your time for a lifetime of happiness!