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What Makes Us Happy

   
Author: Arvind Katoch
< P > P h i l o s o p h e r s h a v e l o n g s a i d t h a t h a p p i n e s s i s t h e u l t i m a t e g o a l o f e x i s t e n c e . F o r t h i s w e d e s i r e o t h e r g o o d s s u c h a s m o n e y o r p o w e r b e c a u s e w e b e l i e v e t h a t t h e y m a k e u s h a p p y . Q u e s t i o n i s , d o t h e y r e a l l y l e a d t o h a p p i n e s s . A c c o r d i n g t o b r a i n s c i e n t i s t s , t h e r e i s s p e c i f i c a r e a i n b r a i n t h a t s e t s e x p e c t a t i o n s f o r m a t e r i a l g a i n a n d a s m a t e r i a l g o a l s a c h i e v e d . T h i s m e a n s y o u c o u l d w e u n h a p p y , d e s p i t e w e a l t h y , i f y o u r e x p e c t a t i o n s w e r e h i g h . M R I s c a n c o u p l e d w i t h b e h a v i o r g a m e s h a s s h o w n t h a t o u r b r a i n h a s ' f a i r n e s s ' s w i t c h . < / P > < P > W e w i l l b e u n h a p p i e r , i f d o n t s e e o u r e x p e c t a t i o n s m e e t . O n e p a r t o f b r a i n r e c o g n i z e s g a i n a n d o t h e r l o s s , s o t h e s e e m o t i o n s a r e p r o c e s s e d d i f f e r e n t l y . I t i s s e p a r a t e p a r t o f b r a i n w h i c h p r o c e s s s h o r t t e r m a n d l o n g t e r m g o a l s . A b r a h a m M a s l o w , a p s y c h o l o g i s t s a y s , m a t e r i a l g a i n s p r o v i d e h a p p i n e s s u p t o c e r t a i n e x t e n t . I t s t o p s w h e n y o u a t t a i n s o m e s o c i a l s t a t u s . A f t e r t h a t c o m e s s e c u r i t y , a a b i l i t y t o f e e l s u r e t h a t y o u c a n d e f e n d w h a t i s y o u r s . A f t e r t h a t c o m e s a d e s i r e t o l o v e a n d w e l o v e d , t o b e l o n g t o a c o m m u n i t y o r g r o u p t h a t i s g r e a t e r t h a n y o u . M a n y s t o p h e r e a n d l e a d h a p p y l i f e . N o w w h a t i s e l u s i v e s e l f a c t u a l i z a t i o n ? < / P > < P > I t c o m e s f r o m r e o r g a n i z a t i o n t h a t y o u e x e r c i s i n g 1 0 0 % m e n t a l a n d p h y s i c a l a c t i v i t y , t o w a r d s a g o a l t h a t i s g r e a t e r t h a n y o u n e e d s o f o w n s e l f . P s y c h o t h e r a p i s t s a i d , y o u c o u l d f i n d a n i n d i v i d u a l s p u r p o s e , t h e n y o u c a n f i n d h i s h a p p i n e s s . W e a r e a l l b o r n w i t h a u n i q u e b u n d l e o f a p t i t u d e . P u r p o s e h a s t w o e l e m e n t s - a u n i q u e n e s s t h a t r e l a t e s t o w h y a n i n d i v i d u a l i s u n i q u e l y s u i t e d t o d o s o m e t h i n g a n d i n t e g r a t i o n , o r t h e w a y t h a t u n i q u e n e s s e i t h e r h a r m o n i z e s o r h e l p s o t h e r s o r a g r e a t g r o u p . R e s e a r c h s h o w t h a t m o s t p e o p l e m o v e f r o m i n t e g r a t i o n ( c h i l d h o o d ) t o u n i q u e n e s s ( a d o l e s c e n c e ) . C o n s c i o u s n e s s i s t h e a b i l i t y t o e x a m i n e t h e m i n d a s i f f r o m t h e o u t s i d e , a s a n o b j e c t i v e r e a l i t y . < / P > < P > P u r p o s e a l s o c o m e s t i e d t o s o u l , t h e s o u l m a n i f e s t s c o n n e c t i o n t o a g r e a t e r e n t i t y a n d t h e h o m e o f t h o s e n e e d e d f o r o u r o w n p e r s o n a l c o m f o r t a n d w e l l b e i n g . Y e t a n o t h e r r o a d t o h a p p i n e s s w a s f o u n d b y t h e H u n g a r i a n p s y c h o l o g i s t , t h r o u g h w h a t h e c a l l ' f l o w ' . F l o w i s h a p p i n e s s t h r o u g h a c t i o n t h a t c r e a t e s t h e e x h i l a r a t i n g s e n s a t i o n o f b e i n g a l i v e . M o u n t a i n e e r s e x p e r i e n c e i t w h e n c l i m b i n g , f i s h e r m a n a f t e r a f i g h t i n g c a t c h , c r i c k e t e r s d u r i n g a l o n g t u r n a t c r e a s e a n d m o t h e r s w h e n t e n d i n g t o a c h i l d . H i s r e s e a r c h s h o w t h a t f l o w c o m e s w i t h c l e a r g o a l s . < / P > < P > H i t a c e n t u r y , c l i m b t h a t m o u n t a i n , w h e n f e e d b a c k i s i m m e d i a t e . F l o w o c c u r s w h e n d i f f i c u l t y a n d a b i l i t y a r e b o t h h i g h a n d e q u a l . C o n c e n t r a t i o n d e e p e n s . A c t i o n a n d a w a r e n e s s m e r g e i n t o s e a m l e s s w a v e o f e n e r g y . T h e r e i s d e t a c h m e n t . I n f l o w p r e s e n t m a t t e r s . Y o u a r e i n c o m p l e t e c o n t r o l . S e n s e t h e t i m e i s a l t e r e d , m i n u t e s c a n f e e l l i k e h o u r s o r s e c o n d s . I n f l o w t h e r e i s l o s s o f e g o . A s w h e n a c l i m b e r r e a c h e s t h e t o p , t h e r e i s a u n i t y b e t w e e n t h e m o u n t a i n a n d t h e s e l f , n o t t h e s e n s e o f c o m p e t i t i o n w o n . S o h e r e i s t h e r o a d t o h a p p i n e s s . W i t h t h i s y o u a r e o n t h e p a t h o f s e l f a c t u a l i z a t i o n , o p e n i n g t h e d o o r s t o l a s t i n g h a p p i n e s s . < / P >
Author Bio:
Arvind Katoch is a eminent columnist. Arvind likes to write articles about this subject.
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