Happiness
is defined as the state of mind. Happiness is the outcome of one of the
following experiences which could either be individual or combination of
pleasure, engagement, relationship, meaning and accomplishment. The real
meaning of happiness differs from individual to individual. I find connect
between happiness and religions. Most of the religions guide people on the path
to live a happy and satisfactory life. The teachings encourage people to do
perform their duties with utmost sincerity and follow values while performing
their duties. Values, forms an integral part of life. Values I think are an
enabler for happiness. A person who leads life with values commands the respect
from their peers. The peers respect the person not for his position, power,
wealth or any other reasons. It is the values which enabled the person to gain
the admiration and respect from their peers.
Happiness is derived out of values.
The question now is “what leads to happiness in this modern world? Is it
values or the materialistic and luxury needs through corrupt means?” The
religion stresses on the values, but what makes a person to seek out for
materialistic and luxury needs by compromising on values? Maybe, the entire
perception of a person on where happiness lies could be taking a dramatic shift
from values to materialistic and luxury needs. Who is to be blamed for this shift, should we
blame the individual? Wait, the answer might lie not in the individual, it
could lie in the environment the individual is in. The individual is
conditioned to think on these lines. It is the people around this individual
who should be blamed for corrupting the minds of the individual to do illegal
activities to achieve the materialistic and luxury needs. I am not saying that
a person shouldn’t aspire for the materialistic and luxury needs. The problem
arises when a person compromises on values to achieve these needs. It is unfair
and the person should surely be reprimanded for the act committed.
Happiness
can be achieved by values. Say, a person is aspiring to be a musician. The
person should show the dedication to achieve this goal. The dedication is one
of the products of the values. Then, the person should use the ethical means to
achieve the stage to showcase the talent. This again is a part of values. When
a person uses unacceptable means would be experiencing happiness only for a
short duration of time. The person would ultimately be busted one day and would
be subjected to humiliation in front of peers.
Happiness
is the outcome of one of the following experiences which could either be
individual or combination of pleasure, engagement, relationship, meaning and
accomplishment. Pleasure occurs when an individual derives from an activity
which a person enjoys the most. Engagement occurs when a person is immersed in
act which is enjoyable. Relationship
occurs due the social needs of a person. Meaning occurs when a person seeks a
bigger purpose in life. Accomplishment occurs as a result of achievements
experienced by the person.
In
order be happy one should look for the roadblocks which hinders them achieving
happiness. Once, the roadblocks are identified solutions needs to be formulated
to find alternative paths. Happiness is temporary. The mood of a person
constantly changes. It is important for a person to be either intrinsically or
externally motivated to continue doing the good things and adapt to new changes
to achieve the happiness. The answers to happiness and the means to achieve
happiness could possibly be found in our forgotten ancient Vedic scriptures as
India happens to be a place where oldest civilizations existed.
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