Introduction
Posted by George Shears | Filed under Site News
Much emphasis has been given to the Pursuit of Happiness. The very process of pursuing, however, implies various forms of DOING that inevitably fall short of their aim.
Accordingly, the aim of this blog is not to focus on PURSUING happiness per se, but rather on developing and applying the specific basic skills requisite to actually BEING happy.
Since being happy clearly entails liberation from suffering, I intend to share extensively here about what I have learned about this crucially important topic as well.
Also, in keeping with the carefully-chosen title of this blog, I intend to distinguish as clearly as possible between “wise” and “not-so-wise” ways to be happy and to promote the former exclusively. Generally speaking, in my view, wise ways to happiness are those that do not give rise to concurrent or subsequent suffering for oneself or others.
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In the summer of 1992, I had the great good fortune of participating in a 5-day professional training workshop with Drs. Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at Omega Institute in New York State. This watershed experience occurred after I had personally been practicing mindfulness meditation for about 16 years. Among its many other
What does it take to make you happy? How happy are you whenever “it” occurs? How long does “it” last? How attached are you to “it”–that is, how UNHAPPY are you when “it” isn’t occurring? Can you imagine yourself being happy even if “it” were never to occur again?
In his article in the Irish Times, Padraig O’Morain addresses these questions
Parents and teachers, listen up. Goldie Hawn is on a mission to recruit you in helping children become the leaders of tomorrow through the practice of mindfulness and yoga. To this end, she has authored a best-selling book, entitled “10 Mindful Minutes.” You can learn more by reading this article in the NZ Herald.
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This blog has been created as a resource to all people who are dedicated to increasing happiness and to decreasing suffering in their lives--and in the world--by learning how to live more wisely and skillfully.It aims to include a distillation of what I have personally learned in theses regards, along with the collective wisdom of many others.