Happiness Part 1

Notes on the discipline of lifelong joy.

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• happiness
• joy
• mental health
• nutrition
• exercise
• philosophy
• ethics
• virtue

[queensNY2185]

Thanks for the great video. I just began learning about philosophy and rationality and after watching your video it made me understand why rational thinking is so important. After watching this, I spent about 3 hours applying rationality to things in my life. Thanks!

[stefbot]

I'm so glad to have helped, thank you so much! :)

[combatleague]

when i think of happiness I picture myself half dressed in the woods with a spear taking down large prey to feed my family by the fire, woods as far as the eye can see.. and nothing but beautiful sunrises, sunsets, and the strength and courage to fight blood thirsty beasts!!!

[GinsingSullivan]

Absolutely amazing. I've never thought about life this way before. Thank you Stef!

[russelltreadway]

Fucking beautiful 

[amjedamjedlive]

thanks alot man, your speech really changed my life. It helps alot to remember what´s valuable, what is important and to love thelife and the values one already has !!

[33Crazydude]

I agree that winning the lottery may not bring long term happiness, but having a job you enjoy could bring increased happiness over a sustained period. It won’t be the answer to all your needs and happiness, but it’s a good start.

Purpose is important and most people are unhappy because their jobs don’t psychologically nourish them.

Work / jobs are good, but the work needs to be right and allow creativity and insight, but today’s market system produces jobs of cattle to keep our farmers happy.

[tigerhop]

Reminds me a bit of the Stoics and Epicurious! Thanks for sharing your joy!

[OneMove33]

If i didn't exist in the first place i wouldn't have anything to loose, i wouldn't exist to care life is burden IMO. I feel a deep resentment, vindictive even but its tragic i have nothing to blame for this existence nothing to seek revenge upon, if it were possible i would be an omnicidal maniac trying to annihilate consciousness, there's no point killing anyone unless i can kill everyone.... imagine if reincarnation were true FUCK THAT SHIT!!!

[OneMove33]

Everything seems like an obligation, obligated to work to survive, obligated to socialize, people tell me to get a girl friend and that also seems like an obligation... In fact peoples expectance for me to do things puts me off completely. is that the purpose of life to get married and have kids now im making myself depressed. I feel limited by life.

[OneMove33]

Im so unhappy, everything seems ultimately pointless even happiness because its a transitory experience. Im finding it really hard to care about anything in life atm nothing has value and i find myself annoid that i even exist... i wonder sometimes why i haven't awoken from this surreal experience what am i still doing in this world which is limited and lacks any true meaning or fulfillment. Ive contemplated asphyxiation with nitrous oxide and actually been at peace with the idea happy even.

[TreachMarkets]

I agree with most of this, except for the Buddhism mention, the desire to give up desire is not a contradiction. Until you give up desire, feeling desire is your natural state. Also, it's an ongoing process, realizing the folly of your wants and dissatisfactions, and letting them go for good. It's not a binary thing.

[MrManuelNoriega]

That's not how the brain woks. CRT analysis have shown that dopamine is only released in case there is an improvement in your live or in case something is better than expected. I gave up on philosophy after discovering neurology.