idgi, I strive to be happy and it works out
― El tres de 乒乓 de 1808 (silby), Tuesday, 30 July 2013 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
This obsession with finding a formula for happiness seems to be ever more pervasive in pop culture and on the net (e.g. lifehack.org and others). But what about the fundamental and generally accepted-as-true idea that a sure fire way to make yourself miserable is striving to be happy?
The key to all this stuff - see also the wisdom of facebook image macros - is that it's all about your own happiness as the ultimate goal. Following god's rules/improving society/living according to your true nature/being thoroughly and fiercely 'alive'/and etc are all deleted, leaving only this idea of 'being happy'.
The reason why no-one's found out a way to be happy despite all this fevered activity is that 'happiness' in itself doesn't exist, or rather, all notions of happiness that have heretofore existed defined your personal happiness as something you got as a by-product of following some specific system which had some specific aim – other than happiness – as its end goal.
So no-one has ever been 'happy' purely; people have only been happy because they were a Christian and thought things were going well from a Christian point of view; or a Liberal and thought things were going well from a Liberal point of view; or otherwise subscribed to X system and thought, by the terms of that system, that the world and they themselves were more good than bad.
The quest for pure happiness is a bit like the quest for 'morality', etc; without definition you cannot get it.
― cardamon, Tuesday, 30 July 2013 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
the quest for happiness is like the war on terror
― Mordy , Tuesday, 30 July 2013 23:51 (eleven years ago) link
necessary and almost finished!!!
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 31 July 2013 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
The Workshop will be conducted by Success Resources Lead Trainer
http://www.7forces.co.uk/london1
― Neil S, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
ABOUT ANTHONY ROBBINS
Anthony Robbins has served as a consultant to some of the most accomplished organisations and business leaders in the world. He has coached and counselled Fortune 500 CEOs, MPs and a former United States President. His clients have paid him more than one million dollars a year for his personal and professional coaching services.
http://blog.mainstreethost.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Dr.-Evil-One-Million-Dollars.png
― Neil S, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
lol what a childlike way to say that
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
"he got PAID a lot of MONEY"
one unifying feature of these life coach types' websites is that all their copy seems to have been written by children or robots, or perhaps robotic children.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
I believe in vision boards ever since a month ago, because me and my sister wanted a really EPIC NIGHT at the goth club - like we wanted these specific club characters to be there, and for them to play certain songs, and we jokingly made a goth vision board and IT ALL CAME TRUE and I made out with a guy with an eyebrow ring. Bonus.
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
+1
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
amazing
― ⚓ (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
it always helps to set an intention
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrhMVVaOnuo
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 23 August 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
that looks like hell on earth
― R'LIAH (goole), Friday, 23 August 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
black walnut trees? gross
― R'LIAH (goole), Friday, 23 August 2013 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i mean i love camping but that campsite looks horrible
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 23 August 2013 19:38 (eleven years ago) link
seems like 90% of what they do is start fires
― i too went to college (silby), Sunday, 25 August 2013 06:03 (eleven years ago) link
lots of blowing ineffectually on lit tinder during broad daylight, yes.
― R'LIAH (goole), Monday, 26 August 2013 04:23 (eleven years ago) link
Devil's box.
― emilys., Monday, 26 August 2013 08:03 (eleven years ago) link
man these ppl must be everywhere.
just got an fb invite to (what i take to be) some low-rent podcast, with these ppl as hosts (nb i know one of them from my hometown)
http://www.synergywellnessic.com/http://kimravida.com/http://diyforyoursoul.com/
none of these sites is interesting, which is sort of interesting in itself. they're like weeds!
funny enuf here's the site running the 'radio show' -- advertised today
http://lifecoachradionetwork.com
― R'LIAH (goole), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
part of me is kind of thrilled at the idea of people making a living doing nothing but telling other people what to do with themselves, with next to no measurable expertise or accreditation.
apart from the all-encompassing self-regarding delusion of it all. but other than that, why not?
― R'LIAH (goole), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
lol someone needs an internet coach
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
http://tharyn.me/37-things-that-might-happen-at-mindvalley-in-pictures/
― tpp, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 05:43 (eleven years ago) link
aw, it just seems like a lame, probably super-expensive theater camp
― emilys., Wednesday, 4 September 2013 07:42 (eleven years ago) link
dying:
http://tharyn.me/my-veggie-wrap-spiritual-experience/
― tpp, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 07:42 (eleven years ago) link
do mindvalley have a camp at burning man? they should
― tpp, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 07:46 (eleven years ago) link
"you might brainstorm with famous copywriters"
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
aw, thanks for posting those tpp
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
decided to check back in on Zynnia
http://howtodocrowdfunding.com/
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 13 September 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/977893_587941447892349_140367068_o.jpg
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 13 September 2013 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
When I'm not meditating, reading epic books, jamming to mashups, or painting, then I'm probably on my laptop in some tropical coffee shop making money.
― socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 14 September 2013 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/RNYEY.png
brb, just going to change facebook cover photo.
― 'Understand, your daughter's addiction is not your problem' (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 14 September 2013 13:25 (eleven years ago) link
slightly off topic but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFotnBAOku0
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Monday, 16 September 2013 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
You can see me logging in for real!
― i too went to college (silby), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 06:55 (eleven years ago) link
is this the right thread for being perturbed by SF's OneTaste?
http://gawker.com/my-life-with-the-thrill-clit-cult-1445204953
― He is "The Developer" and the children view him with a deep susp (c sharp major), Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:58 (ten years ago) link
"Is this what Trudy and Sting feel like all the time?"
― nickn, Thursday, 17 October 2013 02:48 (ten years ago) link
holy shit
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Thursday, 17 October 2013 17:37 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/z3SRuew.png
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Monday, 28 October 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link
he seems pretty cool with that bird trying to eat him
― Spectrum, Monday, 28 October 2013 14:10 (ten years ago) link
bird seems pretty cool being shackled to him.
Related: droppings would hit nose or outstretched finger
― the rofflestomper (dandydonweiner), Monday, 28 October 2013 16:32 (ten years ago) link
http://www.amazon.com/DNA-Repair-528-Brian-Baxter/dp/B001MS7IQI/ref=pd_sim_m_5
the comments
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 31 October 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
so the brilliant philosopher-turned-insane guru guy i posted about in here before has a new website - alphaleonisastrology.com/
i can't bring myself to read it, just too unsettling, but i'm sure others with more distance from it will be able to appreciate it.
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 7 November 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaRDlBWfANI
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
1:08 - 1:14
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
That rules
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
Esther Hicks was born 1948 in Coalville, Utah. In 1980 she married Jerry Hicks, then a successful Amway distributor.
― Dan I., Thursday, 28 November 2013 06:55 (ten years ago) link
and then she went in the vortex.
― Very Gelb; thanks for asking. (fake penthouse letters mcgee), Thursday, 28 November 2013 12:45 (ten years ago) link
Bashar is a multi-dimensional extra-terrestrial being who speaks through channel Darryl Anka from what we perceive as the future. Bashar explores a wide-range of subjects with great insight, humor and a profound understanding of how reality creation occurs!
http://bashar.org/
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 6 December 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
does bashar tell darryl to wear hawaiian shirts all the time?
― call all destroyer, Friday, 6 December 2013 21:10 (ten years ago) link