HAPPINESS
“One with a well-developed personality is of course a happy person. As the result of social, physical, financial, and spiritual well-being, happiness is assured.”
The Basic Ideas of Science of Mind, pg. 59
Luck
“What man believes and does determine the results he gets! But some may say, ‘That may be very good theory but it doesn 't work out in actual life. I 've always done the best I could but things don 't go right for me. I 'm not one of the lucky ones!’”
The Basic Ideas of Science of Mind, pg. 65
You are one of the lucky ones, even if you were betting on a different outcome. There is no reason to deny the existence of luck, chance, randomness and possibility in our infinite universe. There is good reason to not rely on it, bet on it, blame it for our failures or attribute our success to luck. Luck is not the hand of fate or any such controlling influence in life. Luck is not a force to be reckoned with, or a power that controls events. Luck refers to our experience of an infinite universe that is beyond our control. We call it good luck when we benefit and bad luck when we do not, but we are only talking about whether or not we benefit from the way it is; and that is a matter of our ability to appreciate, plan, and choose wisely — or not. Do not attribute success or failure to luck. Do not think of luck as an agent, or agency, or controlling factor in the game we play. It is not. Luck is involved wherever and whenever there is more than one possible
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“People are just as happy as they make their minds up to be.” –Abraham Lincoln
This quote is significant because it serves as an opening that we need to keep in mind throughout the text. As the article progresses, one can see that it strengthens the central idea that most people are not happy and are approaching happiness in the wrong way. This was established to give an example to the reader showing how the idea of happiness can be shared.
Now happiness, more than anything else, seems complete without qualification. For we always choose it because of itself, never because of something else. Honor, pleasure, understanding, and every virtue
In the book Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile by Daniel Nettle he states that happiness offers a remarkable portrait of feelings that poets, politicians, and philosophers all agree truly make the world go around. Nettle is currently at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and is the Co-director of the center for behavioral and evolution. He mainly studies humans. Nettle is a behavioral biologist that that has interest in evolution, development and psychological underpinning of behavior. His study spans from biology into social science. He is a very successful writer who has a BA in psychology and philosophy from Oxford, as well a PHD in biological anthropology from university college London. Nettle goes through his book shedding light on happiness which is the basic human desire. Studying the human happiness wasn’t easy for Nettle but when he examined human happiness he reached a conclusion that success can make us happy. People are fascinated by the idea of happiness and will follow any system that seems to promise it. In the book Nettle goes in depth over the three levels of happiness and what could happen if we don’t reach or attempt to each those certain levels. The first level is momentary happiness, second level describes judgment and feelings, and the third and final level talking about the quality of life.
People understand each other using cognitive skills, an example of this is mindreading. Mindreading abilities also referred to as the theory of mind (ToM) is acknowledging that other people have mental states, such as understanding that others have desires, motives, beliefs and intentions (Hewson, 2015a). This is generally an essential, undemanding skill for social interaction. Thereby, this essay will evaluate how psychology has helped to explain how people understand each other by firstly, explaining how different aspects of ToM have been studied. Additionally, Heider and Simmel’s (1944) study of geometric shapes will be explored to demonstrate how people interpret other people’s behaviour, even in animation. Subsequently, Autism
Introduction: Author Achor gives a new perspective about the relation between success and happiness. People normally believe that happiness comes after success: first we work really hard to achieve success and then we will be happy. In contrast, Shawn Achor’s statement is exactly opposite that happiness will lead people to succeed, if people are happy they tend to be more successful.
"Happiness is stated to come at the whim of fortune. No happiness can be kept
I want to feel something strongly.” Huxley. There has to be a passion to want to be happy. Happiness is not just handed to people on a silver plate, it is achieved through perseverance and passion, the willingness to seize it. On earth people think that the higher classes and the more wealthy are subjected to more opportunities to find happiness the the less fortunate.
For researchers who interested in studying some idea or concept, the demographic characteristic is one of the factors that researchers have to consider carefully. Participants are the main object of every experiment. To make participants feel confident, safe, and agree to do the researchers’ favors, there are certain things that have to be think of, especially the demographic characteristic (example: race, gender, ethnicity, or culture).
Describe what evolutionary psychologists mean when they employ the term ‘theory of mind’. Use examples and research studies from Book 1, Chapter 2 to show why this theory is important in evolutionary psychology.
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.” -- Denis Waitley
“Failure doesn’t mean you will never achieve, it just means it takes a little longer.”
As briefly mentioned by Dalai Lama the happiness is not something we have to seek outside
The Science of Mind philosophy is not an abstract spiritual theory, but rather, a study of Consciousness, and, specifically, our expression of It. Ernest Holmes considered this study of Mind to be a science, in that it correlates principles and practices that can be applied and proven to be effective. Even so, the correlation of principles and practices is not what makes the Science of Mind a practical philosophy to live by. Anyone can deduce principles and devise practices that enhance and advance their favorite theory of everything. Every religiously minded group has done just that. Science of Mind distinguishes itself as a practical philosophy because of its teachings on the nature of Law, and its emphasis on the application of the principles of this Law in our life.