So, as I have been writing too much depressing articles lately, I have decided I should tell you the secret recipe to be the happiest person in the world. And trust me it actually works. If you have read previous articles about consciousness, mental objects and value of anything etc. you may have already guessed that it has to be something to do with manipulation of the mind. I can remember about 20 years ago when following thoughts occurred to me when I was walking home from the school.
How to be the happiest person in the world- a secret recipe
I was walking through the fields and due to some reason, I was not happy. Maybe it was tiredness, maybe it was time of the day. I felt like the stranger. I thought that no matter how much happy I would be after all the struggle, in the future that is not going to help. I wanted to be happy now and at that moment in time. Just like you now. Then I decided I should be the happiest person in the world. So, I thought in this second just a second if I could fill my mind with just happiness for no reason, I could be the happiest person in the whole world, just for a second. So, I really did. I filled my mind with happiness for no reason just for a second. And even today I believe that was one of the happiest seconds of my life. And there is a good chance that in that second, I may have been the happiest person in the whole world. (if happiness is measurable) It made me smile.
Now try for yourself
Now after so many years I have told you my secret recipe for happiness. It is true we cannot maintain such happiness throughout the day, but anybody can do it for a one second. Try for yourself and tell me what happens.
It doesn't matter where you are,
It doesn't matter who you are.
It doesn't matter what bad things you have seen so far
It doesn't matter what crimes you have done in the past.
Give your mind a second. The second that your mind have been craving for, all these years chasing your dreams. Maybe your mind is tired after all, after a long day. And when you fill your mind's cup with happiness fill it up to the brim, so that happiness overflows. And I bet you will be happier than me, happier than your friends and happier than your enemies. You and only you would know you are the happiest person from the whole world, and it will surely make you smile.
I will end the trick here, and following is my analysis to why this trick works.
Happiness is not a continuous state of mind, so if you try to maintain it, it will not work (read about happiness is a buoy)
You are not giving your mind the dreaded task of being happy every day. You just want only one second of your whole day to be happy. So, the motivation, is very high as the task is not overwhelming.
You are not bounded by external objects or any other means to generate such happiness, and mind you it will be so pure in content.
Whoever try the trick is unlikely to do it at the same time as we all are separated by the time and location. So, it is very likely the second is just your mind to shine as there are no contestants. Even if you came second it doesn't matter. Remember all the people you surpass by doing this. It includes not only happiest people on the planet, but wealthiest men and women, most powerful beings, and even most peaceful people of the whole world, and definitely I would be sleeping. Ha ha ha.
Let's be happy.
A paragraph from the book what is time
In the land of happiness quantifiers.
If someone asked how happy you felt when you knew you passed the exam, or the interview, or the promotion, you might express yourself. “I was very happy, enormously, Amazing, like flying” etc. But nobody would quantify happiness like” I was 100 degrees happy, 500 degrees happy or 50000 degrees Happy". Or we could quantify our happiness by the angle of our mouth, or the dopamine level we produce. Imagine a society where happiness (which is a feeling) is quantified. We would feel alien, to live among the ‘happiness quantifiers'. If happiness is a currency in that world, definitely it would make sense. It would make perfect sense to pay an extra-large smile, for a morning cup of coffee, in this hypothetical world.
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