The different types of happiness

We usually confuse happiness with pleasure. Needs with wants. Satisfaction with settlement, and patience with power.

Happiness is long-lasting, it is a continuous state of mind. Happiness is like the ambient light of a picture, it will show even in the details. It will show despite the shortcomings. In a picture, in spite of the color blotches.

Wants are from Ego. They are pushy, high level, mostly gets you an instant sense of pleasure. It is in the details. When there's too much detail in a picture, the picture gets over-whelmed, crowded, not easy on the eye. Ugly.

To be happy is to embrace flaws, accept them. Giving up some of the details, not to mess up the whole picture.

7 things you probably didn't know about your mind

“its beautiful. Sometimes so beautiful is frightening. hasent anyone ever told you the human minddd is a dangerous place?” - Paulina Ruiz ©

1. It is significant. It is king.
2. The language it speaks is non-verbal, action-oriented.
3. Mind never sleeps, it can feel and experience a dreamer's dream.
4. Doesn't belong to the lower realms of the world
5. Communicates on a different level
6. The mind is perception
7. It is spirit, soul, the energy of the body

What is normal?

Jason Brooks (c)

Normal, in scientific terms, is belonging to the 70 percentile under the bell curve. It is call it normality. Even if it is not the right decision, people will often choose to belong to wherever majority are standing. Because it feels safe.

In pre-modern societies, it was widely accepted to treat ethnic groups alien to yours like slaves because it was a norm. Everybody did it.

Norm is also called going along with the flow. Following trends instead of questioning them.

To act mindfully is to question norms, and good questions start with a why.