This post is basicly about the meaning of life, and the key to Happyness. Unsuprisingly the two coincide due to our mental programing. If they didn't, why would we strive for improvement as a society. "Please dont debate that question because im not thinking of all the possibilitys, but you get my point. ".


What is the key to Happyness? My father asked me the question, and we had a very very long talk about it while I paced around the deck trying not to step on the cracks between the wood thingys.

What we came up with is this:

The key to Happyness is first; to get what you need. Once you get this, then its getting what you want. In a sense, when your parents look at you and sigh, and say "your never satisfied are you?" it's completely natural, and in a sense, healthy for society!

When you want something, you strive to achieve it. You have somthing to look foward too. Then you get it, and your like "yay!!". Your totally happy. Eventually, you grow bored of it. Your still ok with it, but you want more. So you look foward to this next thing you want weather its materialistic, spiritual, or social. You are content with what you have, and looking foward to what you want. This, in a very broad sense is our interpretation of Happyness.

For slow people like me, i'll summarize what I just said.

The key to Happyness = Getting your needs, what you want, and having somthing to look foward to.




So, my natural rebuttal to my dads ideas were: "what about budists?" "They try to avoid all wants in order to achieve hapyness." This is what I got from that.

The key to human civilization, and the reason we are above other mammals is because we always want. If we were to be like budists, we would have no need for improvement, and would therefor never improve technologically, or maby even mentally. In this sense, we would still be nomadic hunters, living day to day hunting animals, and tending the children. In a sense, it is SELFISH for budists to ignore there wants in order to achieve there interpretation of Happyness. They are only a drain on society because they give nothing back. They do not strive to improve.


In conclusion to this post; I think that having desires are completely justifiable, and good for us as a species. These desires may make us depressed or upset when we do not achieve them, but without them, we are not a sentient species. "i hope i used the word sentient right lol". We are just another animal acting on instinct and experience.

So in retrospect, The desire for Happyness is what pushes society foward!





The end!



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Just wanted to point out that Happyness is actually spelled "Happiness". I assume you've seen the movie "The Pursuit of Hapyness"? It was spelled wrong in that movie on purpose as part of the plot.

I think happiness can be achieved not necessarily by getting what you need though. It depends on what you "need". I think the ultimate happiness is having people in your life that care about you no matter what.

But like... isn't that something you emotionally or socially need?

You define your own happiness. What makes one happy won't necessarily make another happy. The key to happiness is to live your life, not the life someone else wants, chooses, or creates for you. Do what you think is right; live how you want to live.

This is a materialistic view of happiness.

For me, to need and to want are not happiness. If you always need or want something then happiness will always be a long way away. It is a paradox of greed and gluttony to want more and more to make you happy, there will always be a goalpost that you will never reach and can therefore never be happy.

To be content is true happiness, you can still desire but it is not an essential part of being happy. remove the necessity of achievement and happiness is something that you don't have to attain as you already have it.


To help explain:

"I want a shiny new car"

....is not the same as....

"I would like a shiny new car"

Educational Psychology Interactive: Maslow's hierarchy of needs

I'd save and host the picture, but that takes a little too much work. I'll try and say something poignant later, because right now I can't really focus my thoughts on anything other than a McGriddle. Maybe McGriddles are the secret to happiness.

The key to happiness really is to wildly misinterpret your own despair. I'm pretty sure, at least.

Lol. In other words be crazy? Or dumb?

They do say ignorance is bliss.

"The key to human civilization, and the reason we are above other mammals is because we always want. If we were to be like budists, we would have no need for improvement, and would therefor never improve technologically, or maby even mentally. In this sense, we would still be nomadic hunters, living day to day hunting animals, and tending the children. In a sense, it is SELFISH for budists to ignore there wants in order to achieve there interpretation of Happyness. They are only a drain on society because they give nothing back. They do not strive to improve."

****, I'm going to have pink, bold font and I'm too lazy to change that.

Anyway, I completely disagree with the Buddhists being a drain on society. Just because they're concentrated on inner peace which translates to happiness, how is that worse than someone like Paris Hilton whose idea of happiness is to go shopping and still not be satisfied?

Also, I don't see how they would never improve technologically or mentally? Just because they meditate, it doesn't mean that they're living in the stone age with absolutely no link to current times other than a slight breeze that travels miles from the nearest city.