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Tools for happiness
Earthninja
WandererWest Australia Veteran
Namaste Sangha
The mind and subconscious often work in predictable ways. Because of this we can use tools to become a happier person without trying to acquire anything.
A great basic tool is a gratitude journal, everyday just write down 5 things you are thankful for. This allows your thought train to travel into gratitude which makes you happier straight away!
Another one is affirmations. Say a child is called fat at school, those verbal words imprint subconsciously. These thoughts then randomly appear later on and hold some hurtful feelings. The child then suffers and the cycle continues,
You can rewire these by simply saying out loud "I am totally happy with who I am"
Say these over and over with feeling and this wires into the subconscious.
The reason I brought this up is because I read @federica quote about imagine the person you meet dying that night, and what you do with them in that moment is one of the last things they will have. Or something like that.
This worked so well with my clients, so much compassion knowing that we all must die and they might at any moment. What could I do to make their day more enjoyable?
And a side effect was I felt good too! What a great tool.
Do you guys have any happiness tools?
Try the 5 things of gratitude also.
1) my gorgeous wife
2) my awesome dogs
3) that I have a roof and food
4) a job I enjoy
5) the path of self inquiry(meaning to my life)
The mind and subconscious often work in predictable ways. Because of this we can use tools to become a happier person without trying to acquire anything.
A great basic tool is a gratitude journal, everyday just write down 5 things you are thankful for. This allows your thought train to travel into gratitude which makes you happier straight away!
Another one is affirmations. Say a child is called fat at school, those verbal words imprint subconsciously. These thoughts then randomly appear later on and hold some hurtful feelings. The child then suffers and the cycle continues,
You can rewire these by simply saying out loud "I am totally happy with who I am"
Say these over and over with feeling and this wires into the subconscious.
The reason I brought this up is because I read @federica quote about imagine the person you meet dying that night, and what you do with them in that moment is one of the last things they will have. Or something like that.
This worked so well with my clients, so much compassion knowing that we all must die and they might at any moment. What could I do to make their day more enjoyable?
And a side effect was I felt good too! What a great tool.
Do you guys have any happiness tools?
Try the 5 things of gratitude also.
1) my gorgeous wife
2) my awesome dogs
3) that I have a roof and food
4) a job I enjoy
5) the path of self inquiry(meaning to my life)
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Comments
Glad that I live am I;
That the sky is blue;
Glad for the country lanes,
And the fall of dew.
After the sun, the rain,
After the rain the sun;
This is the way of life,
Till the work be done.
Gratitude for me, is that I am blessed to once again open my eyes and awaken in the morning.
Everything after that is a joyous bonus.
cognitive reframing is a happiness tool
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_reframing
5 Gratitudes:
The sun and nature (honestly that's one go)
Food (I never eat anything else)
Humour
Up (one of my favourite directions)
My camera (enclosed a snap from yesterday)
I see this long lists of gratitude on the app by people who feel thankful and happy for this and that this very second, only to crumble down by one of life blow's five minutes later.
What I consider to be the best tool available for happiness, in my opinion, is simply our even opening up to the possibility that we can be happy in the first place.
With life as it is, right here, right now.
If it is sunshine. If it rains.
Be plain happy with what is and not expect things to be otherwise.
Not wait for the rainbow to appear to be happy.
Tools for Happiness?
Understanding that happiness can be as subject to change and suffering cause as everything else.
Going, going, always going on, always becoming Buddha.
Oh..and hand made ice cream on a hot day.
1) The Buddha
2) The Dhamma
3) The Sangha
4) Health
5) The way to the cessation of dukkha
2) shelter with warm bed and food
3) practice of dharmma
4) this community (i love u all guys
I ( like everybody here) have been fortunate enough to be born in human form ( this precious human life ) with the ability to think and reason things out... I can't be any more grateful than that
Gratefulness
If we're practising gratitude then mine are spring and the bluebells that come with it (forests full of them around here; oh and gratitude for the fly who photo-bombed my shot):
And my gorgeous dog:
Buddhas Birthday festival!
This is me and my wife.
Ice cream is good any day!
. . . must resist posting of picture of ice cream cone. Must suffer the Dukkha ... otherwise I might not exist.
More Gratitude:
Buddhist 'tools' for happiness consist of all skillful means that facilitate the following of the Eight-fold Noble Path. Nourish your natural will towards awakening, have faith in your true self. Apply yourself towards your liberation with diligence and help others along the way.