Comments on: Ask the CHO: What if you suddenly stopped being happy? http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/ Make Yourself and Your Business Happy At Work Sun, 20 May 2012 05:56:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Startup Signal - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Entrepreneurship - Powered by SocialRank http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/#comment-161214 Startup Signal - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Entrepreneurship - Powered by SocialRank Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:04:00 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/#comment-161214 [...] Ask the CHO: What if you suddenly stopped being happy? [...] [...] Ask the CHO: What if you suddenly stopped being happy? [...]

]]> By: Alexander http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/#comment-138338 Alexander Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:08:11 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/#comment-138338 Sridhar: "the absence of <i>resistance</i> to pain" - I like it. Because happiness is certainly not the absence of pain itself. It also makes sense because much of our pain comes from our resistance to pain and our insistence that life should be comfortable, perfect and without flaws. Jean: I took a look at your blog and I love it! Aliza: Exactly. The more I study and practice my own happiness, the more robust it becomes. Sridhar: “the absence of resistance to pain” – I like it. Because happiness is certainly not the absence of pain itself. It also makes sense because much of our pain comes from our resistance to pain and our insistence that life should be comfortable, perfect and without flaws.

Jean: I took a look at your blog and I love it!

Aliza: Exactly. The more I study and practice my own happiness, the more robust it becomes.

]]> By: Aliza http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/#comment-138276 Aliza Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:34:05 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/#comment-138276 Ah, but by being a CHO you have the know-how and tools to BE happy again. You know what to do to get yourself back on track, right? I know that's how it works in my life... Aliza :D Ah, but by being a CHO you have the know-how and tools to BE happy again. You know what to do to get yourself back on track, right? I know that’s how it works in my life…
Aliza :D

]]> By: Jean Browman--CheerfulMonk http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/#comment-138260 Jean Browman--CheerfulMonk Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:05:16 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/#comment-138260 My blog at CheerfulMonk.com is "Devoted to Happiness as a Spiritual Practice." It's a fun adventure. My blog at CheerfulMonk.com is “Devoted to Happiness as a Spiritual Practice.” It’s a fun adventure.

]]> By: Russell Quinn » Blog Archive » Being happy http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/#comment-138249 Russell Quinn » Blog Archive » Being happy Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:02:44 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/#comment-138249 [...] Alexander Kjerulf is very happy. In fact, he’s so happy that his full time occupation is blogging and lecturing about being happy. A lot of the things he says are pretty great. He recently took time to answer a question that I posed about how being an “officer of happiness” could be as fragile as being an athlete. Read his answer here. [...] [...] Alexander Kjerulf is very happy. In fact, he’s so happy that his full time occupation is blogging and lecturing about being happy. A lot of the things he says are pretty great. He recently took time to answer a question that I posed about how being an “officer of happiness” could be as fragile as being an athlete. Read his answer here. [...]

]]> By: Sridhar http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/#comment-138162 Sridhar Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:24:35 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2007/08/ask-the-cho-what-if-you-suddenly-stopped-being-happy/#comment-138162 Happiness is the mere absence of resistance to pain. Unwavering happiness is attained when there is remainderless cessation of that very 'resistance,' no matter how much is the pain. The Fundamental Theorem of Human Happiness1 H1. SATISFACTION = PLEASURE x EQUANIMITY H2. FRUSTRATION = PLEASURE x GRASPING H3. EMPOWERMENT = PAIN x EQUANIMITY H4. SUFFERING = PAIN x RESISTANCE - shinzen.org When it comes to work, I have observed that burning out is absolutely due to my own resistance to the ephemeral "unpleasantness" of work. This resistance only multiplies the misery for me such that I continue to suffer even after that unpleasantness turns into pleasantness. I cause my suffering. Neither my boss, nor my co-workers. Think about it. Happiness is the mere absence of resistance to pain. Unwavering happiness is attained when there is remainderless cessation of that very ‘resistance,’ no matter how much is the pain.

The Fundamental Theorem of Human Happiness1
H1. SATISFACTION = PLEASURE x EQUANIMITY
H2. FRUSTRATION = PLEASURE x GRASPING
H3. EMPOWERMENT = PAIN x EQUANIMITY
H4. SUFFERING = PAIN x RESISTANCE

- shinzen.org

When it comes to work, I have observed that burning out is absolutely due to my own resistance to the ephemeral “unpleasantness” of work. This resistance only multiplies the misery for me such that I continue to suffer even after that unpleasantness turns into pleasantness.

I cause my suffering. Neither my boss, nor my co-workers.

Think about it.

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