Religion 'linked to happy life'

[Tao_Equus]

Originally Posted by seattlegal

Interesting how the formula for Gross National Happiness doesn't take this into account.

Lol.... read a good article about the upcoming elections in Bhutan, amazing that there is a place where the main political worry is the GNH. This is the kind of political thinking we need more of.

Tao

[Snoopy]

Originally Posted by Tao_Equus

This is the kind of political thinking we need more of.
Tao

Are you sure Tao, cos it’s based on “Buddhist spiritual values” (as per the Wiki page)

Until recently there was relatively little crime in Bhutan and then Western TV channels were allowed into the country. Guess what’s happening now (it’s not difficult)…


As an aside, we have a sign hanging up at home that says “Gross Domestic Happiness”

s.

[Paladin]

Originally Posted by Tao_Equus

You mean if you cant fix it...fix it

I think all of you would feel so much better if you just took your soma!

[cyberpi]

Originally Posted by China Cat Sunflower

Is this the "opiate" effect?

Chris

Self induced happiness? Would the opiate lover wash the feet of his neighbor? I have mentioned terms like 'sacrifice' or 'confession' to a few opiate addicts and received either lies or duplicitous reasonings why they were exempt. One insisted that God wanted everyone to be happy and that my words were not making him happy... of course, he was also the one who missed a sign and drove the wrong way down the freeway.

John 13:17 If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.

So then by the reasoning presented so far that would mean that Jesus was patronizing. What a patronizer. How dare he suggest that I am happy if I wash the feet of my neighbor... and know why. He forgot to mention Zen Buddhism. He did not mention the introspective who might just prefer to wash their own feet, and clear their own mind.

When an opiate is removed, it is easy to spot an addiction.

[wil]

Originally Posted by cyberpi

John 13:17 If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.

I always read that as blessed. Blessed is happy I suppose, but more than happy to me.

[cyberpi]

Originally Posted by wil

I always read that as blessed. Blessed is happy I suppose, but more than happy to me.

Yes... there is more. A bit of entropy in the translations: Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon

[gp1628]

Im not sure what the point is.
I mean I always knew all of this but it doesnt seem to lead to the same attitude Im seeing. Whats wrong with this as a way to happiness? Is there an alternative? Or are you saying "wake up and feel crummy"?

[Tao_Equus]

Originally Posted by gp1628

Im not sure what the point is.
I mean I always knew all of this but it doesnt seem to lead to the same attitude Im seeing. Whats wrong with this as a way to happiness? Is there an alternative? Or are you saying "wake up and feel crummy"?

Yeh!! Then flagellate yourself with a barbed whip till you feel better!!

[gp1628]

Originally Posted by Tao_Equus

Yeh!! Then flagellate yourself with a barbed whip till you feel better!!

Heehee. Shades of Monty Python.
And the return would be "we have the glorious future of being natures way of creating bigger better monkeys"

I guess even if flagellation was someones idea of smoothing out their day then it wouldnt necessarily be bad. An old fashioned version of "no pain, no gain"?

[greymare]

more like, no pain, no brain.........

[Dream]

No ham, no spam.

[China Cat Sunflower]

I heard about another study that found that women with depression have more sex. They need it to feel secure. So if you want to have more sex, get depressed. Complacency and depression = happiness and security. Gotta get me some of that!

Chris

[seattlegal]

Originally Posted by China Cat Sunflower

I heard about another study that found that women with depression have more sex. They need it to feel secure. So if you want to have more sex, get depressed. Complacency and depression = happiness and security. Gotta get me some of that!

Chris

{It's gotta be spring......yep, there's lots of pink trees outside. It's spring.}

[Opal]

Originally Posted by wil

A belief in God could lead to a more contented life, research suggests.

Religious people are better able to cope with shocks such as losing a job or divorce, claims the study presented to a Royal Economic Society conference. Data from thousands of Europeans revealed higher levels of "life satisfaction" in believers. more from the BBC...

Sort of related, from a Christian youth group leadership weekend, one of the girls responded to "If you can combine any two things what would they be?" she said "I'd combine rose colored glasses with everyone's eyes. So they could have a new perspective on life."

Its most probably because we arent as attached to this world in comparison to other people.

[China Cat Sunflower]

Originally Posted by seattlegal

{It's gotta be spring......yep, there's lots of pink trees outside. It's spring.}

Yes, your enigmatic Ness.

Chris