Page 6 - Bliss Planet March 2018 Health And Wellness Magazine
P. 6

A lot has been written about                        sleep. So, in defining happiness we
        happiness and from psychology to                        have to locate a specific material,
        philosophy, different theories of                       spiritual or physical gain or
        happiness have focused on issues of                     attainment and the contentment

        satisfaction, contentment, and even                     arising as a result of this attainment.
        spiritual liberation. But
        happiness is one of the
        most subjective mental
        states and several
        factors could be at play
        when a person is truly
        happy. Whereas anger
        or fear could be
        defined with physical
        reactions and certain
        behavioral patterns,
        this is not so for
        happiness and that is
        how happiness is
        extremely subjective.
        For example, one bar
        of chocolate could
        make one child happy
        whereas another child
        would want two

        chocolate bars to feel
        truly happy.


        So why do we feel
        happy? Happiness is
        usually associated with
        some kind of gain or
        attainment. When we
        achieve or attain
        something, we feel
        satisfied and this triggers happiness.                  The question would arise whether it is
        The attainment does not have to be                      possible to be happy without any
        material, it could very well be                         attainment. I would say that it is not
        spiritual. It could even be bodily and                  possible to happy without attaining
        physical, just as an insomniac person                   something and this attainment does
        would feel happy after a good night's                   not have to be immediate and could

                                                        Bliss Planet 6
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11