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Post by amelia2020 on Sept 21, 2023 3:05:33 GMT
Now, I am wondering. What is true happiness?
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Post by Advice on Sept 26, 2023 15:57:46 GMT
In order to be happy you need to think positive thoughts. What does it mean to be truly happy? There are many philosophical schools of thought regarding the concept of happiness and its cultivation. For instance, the pursuit of enduring happiness is at the core of many mindfulness practices, which often emphasize gratitude and seeking contentment in the present moment. Other models of happiness suggest the importance of living in congruence with our values and in ways that satisfy our basic human needs. Some research even shows that whether we are happy or not can, in part, be boiled down to our genetics. Defining happiness is no small task, but philosophers and researchers have drilled the notion down to two key conceptualizations. These conceptualizations are known as hedonic and eudaimonia, and together, they represent two long-running traditions in the study of happiness that stem as far back as ancient times.
The hedonic perspective of happiness argues that life’s goal is to experience the maximum amount of pleasure and the minimum amount of pain. According to this tradition, how happy we are can be boiled down to the sum of one’s total hedonic moments In the past, philosophers of hedonism adopted a fairly narrow view of pleasure and pain related to bodily sensations, appetites, and self-interests. Examples of such forms of hedonism include eating tasty food, enjoying sex, and being free of physical discomfort. Today, psychologists adopting the hedonic view take an interest in both the pleasures of the body and mind in the broader study of wellbeing. This broader, more psychological conceptualization of hedonic pleasure argues that happiness can flow from behaviors that promote mental stimulation, stress relief, feelings of social connectedness, positive mood, and more.
This expanded conceptualization has resulted in the broadening of the study of hedonic pleasure to fields such as economics. For instance, hedonic conceptualizations of happiness are used to understand how shoppers make decisions between purchases, estimating how much pleasure or utility they stand to gain by choosing one product over another (Babin, Darden, and Griffin. The eudaimonic perspective of happiness presents an alternative to the hedonic view, arguing that true happiness is found when one behaves virtuously. Pursuing eudaimonia, therefore, is about doing what is worth doing. In line with this, I can think about the eudaimonic perspective as being about reaching one’s true potential and living in congruence with one’s values and true self. Well, to be happy you need to think positive thoughts. Good Luck!
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