Categorii: Tot - emotions - happiness - meditation - change

realizată de Spencer Heijnen 10 ani în urmă

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Harvard Happines

The exploration of happiness involves understanding and embracing human nature, both in dealing with positive and negative emotions. It is essential to accept ourselves unconditionally and give explicit permission to experience a full range of emotions.

Harvard Happines

Harvard Happines

Basic Premises

Happiness as the Highest End
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” Buddha
Broaden and Build (Frederickson 2002)
“Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” Aristotle
Human nature must be obeyed
Allow yourself to be human

the great deception: How are you doing - "great"

Unconditional acceptance exercise

We need to give ourselves EXPLICIT permission to enjoy positive and negative emotions

External vs. internal circumstances
How do we shift to the internal

Subtopic

Repriming mind through meditation & excersize

Dan Glibert lottery
Ed iener:(barring massive differences no change)
Maslov: Studying the best and applying to the rest
Learn from our own best experiences and apply it to our lives
Psychopathology of the average
Change is Possible
People underestimate the power of networks
Cambridge somerville study
Change is difficult
Self fullfilling prohecy
Error of the average

the average describes, the best prescribes - Maslov.

Bridges vs. Demarcation