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Happiness & Spirituality

IT IS AMAZING HOW COINCIDENCES WORK

AwenMan | August 3, 2010

I just experienced in action the adage: “Where attention goes, energy flows and results show” or if you prefer the shorter: “What you focus on expands.” What came into my ken was the motto on a journal in a bookstore: – Life is not about finding yourself – Life is about creating yourself This really [...]

Create Happiness

AwenMan | January 9, 2009

      Yes you can create happiness, or at least happy feelings. You cannot hold simultaneously two thoughts at once so concentrate on happiness. You have to do this with your whole being so an activity like Laughter Yoga is a perfect vehicle.       To create happiness through laughter was the idea of Dr. Madan Kataria [...]

Try Something New

AwenMan | January 9, 2009

      The same old, same old gets boring and that is not happiness. The new adds excitement and that is a form of happiness so be even just a little adventurous and try something new.       Being in a rut day in, day out rots the brain. There is now a plethora of items like [...]

Do Charitable Work

AwenMan | January 9, 2009

      A major breakthrough in what makes us happy shows that hormones have a major role.  Our urge to do charitable work is enhanced by the natural hormone oxytocin.             The hormone oxytocin is released by the hypothalamus in the brain during sexual orgasm, during birthing and breast feeding, and most importantly here it [...]

True Happiness Improved

AwenMan | January 9, 2009

       Imagine what it would be like to experience true happiness non-stop instead of just plodding on day after day. Some recent university research “discovered” that to be truly happy, to experience true happiness, you must have a central elemental purpose in your life.       This revelation is hardly world-shaking news as it has been [...]

Nurture Friendships

AwenMan | January 9, 2009

      Social animals like humans need contact with others to be happy. Friendships don’t just happen, nurture friendships to benefit your friend and the positive rebound effect on you.       In the early American space program The two man Gemini capsules came after only five single astronaut missions, This was very quick as in those [...]

You Are Not Alone

AwenMan | January 9, 2009

      The rugged individualist is normally not a happy camper. Ask for help if you are lost for a solution or direction to go. Happiness comes from knowing that you are not alone.       The Pope in Rome has confirmed to his followers that we all have a guardian angel. A human friend is even [...]

Guilt Free

AwenMan | January 9, 2009

      It is common for people to beat themselves up about a supposed wrong they have done. Become guilt free and you will live a much happier life.       Freud identified our guilt center as the Superego but knowing this does little to alleviate guilt and make us guilt free. Guilt does not get you [...]

Good Enough

AwenMan | January 9, 2009

      Perfectionist can never live up to their expectations. Good enough is good enough. To try for more is to not be able to see the forest for the trees.       Don’t try to be a perfectionist. It’s more important to get eighty percent of the job done and be able to put it behind [...]

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

AwenMan | January 9, 2009

      A pop song made these words famous and they couldn’t be truer. It is a function of our human forebrain to worry, just don’t worry about small stuff.       Our human forebrain lets us think about the future (our animal friends cannot do this) and thinking about all the bad things causes stress and [...]