Happiness is a state of mind; a state of consciousness

Happieness is a state of mind; a state of being in joy; enjoying the life.

This comes with little surprise to most. We all know it is not sold at the local novelty store.  But lets look at the most often cited contributors to that state of mind; the things we DO TRY to buy, achieve or obtain in order to improve life.

Contributors to Happiness (top 10 2010 new year resolutions) :

  • Managing finances, reducing debt and saving more
  • Finding a Job that pays great!
  • Finding that soul mate!
  • Seeing our children happy!
  • Finding that new look,
  • Stop smoking
  • Getting fit and loosing the extra weight!
  • Gaining better health
  • Getting that new home,
  • Getting the new car,
  • Traveling
  • Having more fun, doing thing want to do instead of have to do.

Commonality in all of these:  uninhibited freedom to enjoy life with others

Money and jobs are seen as the means to getting uninhibited freedom.

Fitness, stopping smoking and improved health allow one to enjoy life with their bodies.

Finding that ‘Soulmate’ means not just obtaining a significant other to enjoy life with, but implies a oneness, harmony, and common passion for what is enjoyed.

The new look and loosing weight helps both with health and  improvement of image. Both are believed key to ‘enjoying life and attracting ‘others’  (significant others and family) with whom we enjoy it .

New cars, homes, traveling and having more fun are just some of the things we believe we would enjoy, if we had unihibited freedom. 

In the next section …  We’ll take these ideas “Meta”! 
Ideas are thoughts. Depending on which we choose to set or fix our gaze, we experience pain or pleasure and influence the state of our happiness.

Going “Meta”

Going meta refers to taking a specific objective analysis to another level of abstraction; to a level that describes the charactistics of objects in general. In modern views, meta refers to the recognition that there is “an X about X” relationship within a subject.

In regards to what we know, when thinking at a meta-level, we recognize there are also things to know or recognize about all things we know. There are ideas about ideas that are common or built-into everything we ‘think’ . There are ideas that consistently describe how we view or hold our ideas, regardless of what idea we might choose.

These descriptions provide insights we can employ to ensure our happiness regardless of what we are experiencing in the moment.

Some wikipedia definitions:
Metatheorems

A metatheorem is a true statement about a formal system expressed in a metalanguage. Unlike theorems proved within a given formal system, a metatheorem is proved within a metatheory, and may reference concepts that are present in the metatheory but not the object theory.

Object theory is a theory in philosophy and mathematical logic concerning objects and the statements that can be made about objects.

2 thoughts on “Happiness is a state of mind; a state of consciousness

  1. Kelly

    This is beautiful and very meaningful. You have a way to connect with people through writing , not only through physical presence. This made me feel like I can do anything and become a truly wonderful person such as youself.

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