Elisa Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 I saw a really great TED talk the other day about synthetic happiness and the relationship between "real" happiness and synthetic happiness in our lives. Synthetic happiness (which is when you "decide" to be happy about something, by choice or default) has been shown to be just as strong chemically in our bodies as "real" happiness. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racoon Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 Reality is the reality you create in your mind.. I've also taken that thought to the Buddhist maxim of "Life is an Illusion" The Illusion is how you perceive the world to be in Truth...And that Truth is an Illusion, because you think it so . Elisa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racoon Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 Happyness for me is putting on a new pair of socks.Synthetic fibers or real cotton? Works the same, my feet barely tell the difference, and I feel good with either cotton or polyester, as long as I am putting them on fresh and new.. So I can see some validity to your post, Elisa. Elisa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisa Posted June 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Happyness for me is putting on a new pair of socks.Synthetic fibers or real cotton? Works the same, my feet barely tell the difference, and I feel good with either cotton or polyester, as long as I am putting them on fresh and new.. So I can see some validity to your post, Elisa. Haha, sarcasm or not, I like the sock comparison! Sometimes I think we make life far more difficult than it is. Then again, if everything is perspective, we make it what we want, don't we? Life, love, absolute truth, pain, death, right and wrong. Perhaps it is all an illusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErlyRisa Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Does it come in pill form? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verona Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I think "synthetic happiness" is closely related to the "act as if" principle or philosophy espoused by many authors and experts in the personal development / self-help fields. If one "acts as if," one is likely to program oneself into becoming that which one imagines oneself to be. Elisa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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