Congratulations to Taylor.
This video is a great exercise to ponder about the meaning and the quality of the word happiness.
Is happiness a temporary high? If so, that would presuppose that with highs there must be lows.
What if happiness were a peaceful joyous feeling, evenly distributed across your entire life?
What about bliss?
Bliss can be a state of profound spiritual satisfaction, happiness or joy, often associated with religious ideas of the afterlife.
And, what about Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is calm awareness of one’s body functions, feelings, content of consciousness, or consciousness itself. Mindfulness (Pali: sati; Sanskrit: smṛti स्मृति) plays a central role in the teaching of the Buddha where it is affirmed that “correct” or “right” mindfulness (Pali:sammā-sati; Sanskrit samyak-smṛti) is the critical factor in the path to liberation and subsequent enlightenment. It is the seventh element of the Noble Eightfold Path, the practice of which supports analysis resulting in the development of wisdom (Sanskrit: prajñā). The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the foremost early texts dealing with mindfulness. A key innovative teaching of the Buddha was that meditative absorption should be combined with the practice of vipassana.[1] For more on the concept in early Buddhism, also see sampajañña.
Choice, is surely better then no choice. And each one of us is faced with choices every day. And important choices should always be made with al the relevant and pertinent information at hand.
There are a couple of new dimensions that we should consider when making our choices:
- Quality vs. Quantity
- Short Term vs. Long Term
