Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life

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Everything outside yourself can help you get better in life, but they are not the means to your happiness. If it’s the latter, you are a part of the majority. Society has conditioned us to associate happiness with materialistic achievements. The line of thinking goes — “If I get that high-paying job, I’ll be happy” or “If I buy that house, I’ll finally have it all.”

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How can we keep our minds in a happy mood, and continue loving, when life itself is complicated, challenging and frequently disappointing? It takes courage to wake up every day and be who you really are, especially in a world that is constantly trying to mold you into somebody else. These negative messages only take you farther away from your authentic self. When you leave your happiness in someone else’s hands, you’ll end up being dependent on them and when they leave you, you’ll become empty inside. The practices (asana, pranayama, chanting, and meditation) are designed to provide readers with a practical path to awakening. They are simple and easy to follow, developed from Weber’s pursuit of knowledge with Ramana Maharshi – his primary teacher.How often do you show yourself, love? Unfortunately, too many people give everything that they have to others and forget to show up for themselves. Weber shares his ongoing pursuit of Zen meditation practice and the things he has learned about bettering one’s life from the laboratory… which is actually his yoga mat! Positive Psychology suggests that the proposition that we will feel happy if, and when, we become successful is not true. In fact, as Achor explains in ‘ The Happiness Advantage’, happiness actually drives performance and success. Do you want to know how I finally discovered that “happiness was an inside job” (aka figured out how to be happy)?

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She suggests that happiness is found by being kind – not only to our friends, family, and colleagues, but also towards ourselves, others who we don’t know well, and even people we don’t really like! Don’t live your life for anyone other than yourself. If you live a life that others want you to have, you will be miserable. I am very interested in your thoughts… have you read any of these books? If so, what did you think? Would you recommend any to someone with a bit of time on their hands? Please comment below!

Doyle Gentry’s book also describes how to determine one’s current capacity for happiness, to live one’s desired life, to overcome barriers to happiness, and look into one’s unique strengths and virtues. Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment – Martin E.P. Seligman You are responsible for your own life experiences. Whether you are seeking the meaningful life or the happy life. Whilst this book clearly explores spiritual teachings, the Dalai Lama contends that all religions should be accepted and that spirituality is about benefitting oneself through a sense of being calm and feeling happy.