Define happiness

[btriangle]

I think about this every day, and hope to achieve true happiness, but i still haven't found the answer...
Ponder these questions, at least once in your life.

What defines happiness in my life?

How do i know if i am truly happy?

How do i know if i even really experienced happiness, and my idea of happiness is skewed?

What can I do to obtain this, happiness?

What must i do to obtain happiness?

If i were to remove any distraction from my life, and isolate myself, would i really be happier?

If i were to change the way i look at life, would i be happier?

How do i know the love i am in, is truly happiness?

How come i dont smile, even though i believe i'm happy, but am i really happy?

Answer these questions if you like. I have generally thousands of answers to all these questions, but nothing satisfying.

[lazyyMitch]

At 4/11/09 08:39 PM, btriangle wrote: What must i do to obtain happiness?

obtain ecstasy, although possibly too extreme in this case.

[ZeroInsanity]

Happiness is when you feel that all is right with the world.
Real happiness is an indefinite stream of absolute euphoria.
*Lulz at philosophical mannerism of self*

[Skeepsis]

I'm highly extroverted and have an adventurous personality. I would be beyond happy and excited if I was say, Cloud from FF7, and was embarking on his journey. In real life I try to create adventure and new experiences - the best I can do is join the militairy :/

Apart from that, being in love would definitely make me happy. Mind you, assuming my life is serene, I can always make myself happy by thinking positive.

[Bacchanalian]

Well... are we talking about happiness or affirmation?

[btriangle]

I know many of you have probably typed out what you thought, but than deleted it, since you changed your mind on this matter. Or felt uneasy about expressing your thoughts, which i feel a lot.

I want to hear your thoughts, i hear mine too much :D

It is something to ponder about.

[SpikeAlpha]

Maybe I can't answer every question you have, but if I could, what would be the point?
In my mind, happiness is a by-product of the truth & virtue that we find when we feel through life. I think happieness can me mistaken, or found to be something that's not quite the whole feeling, ya know? To get the jist of how to be happy, a reason has to be made. If there's no reason, then it's not quite happiness yet.

Just another thought.

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

One can never obtain and retain true happiness. Such is life.

[ZeroInsanity]

At 4/11/09 09:39 PM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: One can never obtain and retain true happiness. Such is life.

Got that right.
Question answered for true happiness.

[GeoPowa]

Happiness: It is an emotion in which you feel there is no problems in the world.
In reality however, you can't obtain true happiness because there will always be problems in the world.

[WolvenKind]

A Warm Gun ./end thread

[LightKeeper]

In a shortened description. Orgasm.

[Bacchanalian]

At 4/11/09 08:39 PM, btriangle wrote: What defines happiness in my life?

A positive emotional response.

How do i know if i am truly happy?

If I feel it. It's true. But what I think you intend by this question is, "how do I know if I am truly affirmed in a positive manner?"

As with most things, you can only be at most relatively certain. The best way to determine if you are truly happy is to contextualize your life with a set of major goals or set of things most important to you.

How do i know if i even really experienced happiness, and my idea of happiness is skewed?

Some things are hard wired. [&] It is skewed.

What can I do to obtain this, happiness?

Do things that... make me happy.

What must i do to obtain happiness?

'Know thyself' as a creature of (cognitive) dissonance.

If i were to remove any distraction from my life, and isolate myself, would i really be happier?

Distractions from or in? You can't be distracted from your life.

If i were to change the way i look at life, would i be happier?

Once again. Do you intend to ask what would make me happy or what would affirm me? Because affirmation is not necessarily happiness.

Not to mention that it is highly dependent on the new outlook, how I feel once I've gotten used to it.

Not to mention, paradigm shifts naturally create stress.

How do i know the love i am in, is truly happiness?

Love? Are you asking if it's true love or if I feel truly happy about any love? What's the difference? Or are we back to talking about affimation?

- because love is largely an affirmational matter

How come i dont smile, even though i believe i'm happy, but am i really happy?

Am I asking myself this about myself or are you asking me this about yourself?

nothing satisfying.

I can take a guess as to why: You've confused happiness with affirmation.

[Headshot777]

Happiness is an illusion induced by the mind to distract it from the horrid bullshit of reality.

[WackyAnimation]

happiness is when you feel all is right in the world, all at once, in your pants.

or no pants if chance has it

[Bacchanalian]

At 4/11/09 11:20 PM, Headshot777 wrote: Happiness is an illusion induced by the mind to distract it from the horrid bullshit of reality.

Are you in this case qualifying what exactly it means to be an illusion by explaining its use?

[DingoTheDog]

Afternoon Delight.

[NEVR]

At 4/11/09 11:28 PM, DingoTheDog wrote: Afternoon Delight.

I love lamp.

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

I thought I already won this thread?

[NEVR]

At 4/11/09 11:29 PM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: I thought I already won this thread?

DingoTheDog's post was far better in my eyes... and it's my opinion that counts.

[Bacchanalian]

At 4/11/09 11:29 PM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: I thought I already won this thread?

You didn't answer his questions... therefore, you didn't define happiness to the extent requested. In fact, you only partially defined happiness to begin with.

For instance...
Bob: Define a duck.
WeHaveFreshCookies: Well you'll never see a duck at the bottom of the sea.

[btriangle]

I like this response, since this is true.

Im glad to have read all your responses. But somehow i feel as if the answer is right in front of me, im just too blind to see it.

At 4/11/09 09:19 PM, SpikeAlpha wrote: Maybe I can't answer every question you have, but if I could, what would be the point?
In my mind, happiness is a by-product of the truth & virtue that we find when we feel through life. I think happieness can me mistaken, or found to be something that's not quite the whole feeling, ya know? To get the jist of how to be happy, a reason has to be made. If there's no reason, then it's not quite happiness yet.

Just another thought.

[Bacchanalian]

At 4/11/09 11:35 PM, btriangle wrote: i feel as if the answer is right in front of me, im just too blind to see it.

You're looking for the imperative.

At 4/11/09 09:19 PM, SpikeAlpha wrote: a by-product of the truth & virtue

Affirmation.

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

At 4/11/09 11:34 PM, Bacchanalian wrote:

At 4/11/09 11:29 PM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: I thought I already won this thread?

You didn't answer his questions... therefore, you didn't define happiness to the extent requested. In fact, you only partially defined happiness to begin with.

For instance...
Bob: Define a duck.
WeHaveFreshCookies: Well you'll never see a duck at the bottom of the sea.

My response wasn't like that at all. It was more like this:

Bob: What is a penicorn?
Stephen: Penicorns don't actually exist. (ie, don't fret about it too much)

Granted, I didn't fully answer the question, but I think I did good.

[Bacchanalian]

At 4/12/09 12:24 AM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: My response wasn't like that at all. It was more like this:

Bob: What is a penicorn?
Stephen: Penicorns don't actually exist. (ie, don't fret about it too much)

Fair enough.

Some questions though...

In your thread winning statement, were you regarding "true happiness" as having permanence?
...and...
Did you mean "obtain or retain" or did you really mean "obtain and retain"?

Granted, I didn't fully answer the question, but I think I did good.

Well its a good point to clarify ephemera.

[katyperryy]

The only way to be happy is if you're rich, period.

[TNT]

Being happy is simply feeling good about yourself in self-confidence, self-respect, strong, clean, and everything in between.

[bmxdudleydo]

Happines:To be in a very orgasmic mood which makes you want to dance like banana while punching a troll in mid april....Yep :D

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

At 4/12/09 12:46 AM, Bacchanalian wrote:

At 4/12/09 12:24 AM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: My response wasn't like that at all. It was more like this:

Bob: What is a penicorn?
Stephen: Penicorns don't actually exist. (ie, don't fret about it too much)

Fair enough.

Some questions though...

In your thread winning statement, were you regarding "true happiness" as having permanence?
...and...
Did you mean "obtain or retain" or did you really mean "obtain and retain"?

Granted, I didn't fully answer the question, but I think I did good.

Well its a good point to clarify ephemera.

I meant them both. It is impossible to obtain true happiness because as soon as somebody get's what they want, they aren't happy until they get more. There's never satisfaction. People always want more, more, more.

For the same reason, if you're at true happiness, you cannot keep it.

[InnerChild548]

lol to who ever put that portal here.