Can any one explain happiness?

Question

Can any one explain happiness?

Answer 1

happiness is only achievable when we no longer have desire. to desire happiness is to never find it.

Answer 2

being loved and loving in return, can't beat that. contentment.your kids are healthy and happy, all bills paid, food on the table. but being loved and loving in return is the tops

Answer 3

One persons happiness can be another persons sadness so the question is open to conflicting opinions.

Jan

Answer 4

This is the state of inner contentment.if you reach this state you will see the world from a different angle.you will feel happiness by trying to make orhers happy.

Answer 5

It is a state of mind when you can walk tall, feel comfortable with your life, content with yourself, have time for yourself and laugh with those around you.

Answer 6

Oh yes.

Happiness is something that cannot be explained. It is something to be felt by each person !

Answer 7

Happiness is only temporary thing, when everything feels great, some people try to achieve it by pushing themself hard in school, work, and some prefer to sit at home and some do drugs, try to be happy, when worry goes, they think they will achieve happiness, but they will only pay the price by getting addicted. Happiness is being happy when you achieve something it comes and goes, nowaday there is not many people happy because the everyday stress and worry don't allow it. It's impossible. You can pretend you are happy but you are not until there's nothing to worry about.  

Answer 8

you feel happy when you achieve something in life.or when you are at peace or when youcare for  others or help other serve others when you are contended.

Answer 9

happiness is a fleeting heavenly feeling that needed by earthlings so we must toil for it and grasp it until it's there...

Answer 10

A broad question ! A state of mind at any one time in one's life BUT acceptance of ones life and others ,curiosity ,optimism,health,fullfilment have to be essential ingredients.

Answer 11

it cannot be explained but felt

happiness is something that makes something feel god

Answer 12

Happiness comes from within, and can be experienced when you

remember the three R's, and appreciate the positive in life.

Respect yourself,

Respect others,

Responsibility for your actions.

Answer 13

a twisting question

ya we can tell it is the  state of mind where we feel happy, pleasent,contented,good etc

          OR

feeling of showing pleasure or contentment

Answer 14

Aritstotle’s Nichomachean Ethics

http://pages.interlog.com/~girbe/ethics1...

THE GOOD LIFE—THE MEANING OF HAPPINESS

Aristotle defined the function of being human (i.e., human purpose) when he stated, “if we declare that the function of man is a certain form of life, and define that form of life as the exercise of the soul's faculties and activities in association with rational principle, and say that the function of a good man is to perform these activities well and rightly, and if a function is well performed when it is performed in accordance with its own proper excellence--from these premises it follows that the Good of man is the active exercise of his soul’s faculties in conformity with excellence or virtue, or if there be several human excellences or virtues, in conformity with the best and most perfect among them”- (Book I, Ch. 7 PP Nic.+Eth.1098a14-15)

In other words, the overall human function is the soul's activity which expresses or requires reason. The activity of reasoning is what makes you human. The essence of being human is having the ability to reason: all humans possess the essence, but not all function according to it (some have the ability, but do not use it). Furthermore, all human actions taken together comprise the good. Everything we do throughout our lives contributes to the overall function with its own individual quality.

If we live well, i.e., according to the proper virtues, this will allow us to achieve what the Greeks called 'eudaimonia'.

Eudaimonia

Most things are desired for the sake of something else (e.g., we desire food because we want to be healthy), but Aristotle argued that there must be something desired only for its own sake. This he identified as happiness, well-being or flourishing (Greek eudaimonia literally "having a good guardian spirit"). When asked "Why do you desire this?" and then "Well, why do you desire that?" in response to each answer, many people will eventually stop at "in order to be happy." Eudaimonia is not a means to an end, but an end in itself—in fact, Aristotle argued that it was commonly recognized as the ultimate goal of life (Book I, Ch. 4). Happiness thus understood is not a mood or temporary state, but a state achieved through a lifetime of virtuous action, accompanied by some measure of good fortune.

INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL VIRTUES

Aristotle divides the virtues into intellectual and moral virtues.  Each of these virtues can be acquired through practice over time. A person becomes more courageous by continually choosing courageous acts over cowardly or foolhardy ones, for example.

THE HAPPY MEDIAN

Each virtue falls between two vices. Virtue is like the mean because it is the intermediate between two vices. On this model a triad is formed with one vice on either end (excess or deficiency) and the virtue as the intermediate. If one’s character is too near either vice, then the person will incur blame but if one’s character is near the intermediate, the person deserves praise. Proper participation in each of these three pillars is necessary for a person to lead a virtuous and therefore happy life.

 

SOME VIRTUES

See if you can understand what the excess and the deficiency are for each virtue, and, whether the excess or the deficiency is the more “attractive” vice, and why?

 

Courage

Temperance (moderation)

Liberality (moderation in giving and taking money)

Magnificence or magnanimity (correctly dealing with great wealth or power)

Pride (claiming what is due to you)

Gentleness (moderation with respect to anger)

Agreeableness

Truthfulness

Wit

How do you feel today?

Answer 15

When you can accept where you are and who you are in life and enjoy the friends, family , people and events that are around you and that touch your life. When you can say that you enjoy life, look forward to each day and deal with the situations that you are able to, and accept those that you cannot deal with or resolve.... to be optimistic, positive and enthusiastic about your life........ that is happiness, or at least part of the way there

Answer 16

happiness cannot be explained but it can be experienced. It is that feeling of satisfaction and peace which comes when things go as planned

Answer 17

HAPPINESS ALSO MEANS PROSPERITY,WEALTH,ASSET, PROPERTY,MONEY ETC.

Answer 18

happiness cannot be felt - that is to confuse it with pleasure.

it is a state of the mind that obtains when we achieve an intrinsically valuable end.

it is a concrete whole made of parts, and these elements of happiness are unique to each individual and consist in that persons total set of life projects.  (see John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism)

also, as fred feldman warns, we should not confuse the causes of happiness with happiness itself.  in other words, having a meaningful relationship might cause me to be happy, but that is not the same as its being happiness.

Answer 19

"Happiness depends upon achievement of personally significant goals and leading a balanced life."

"Happiness is the ultimate realization that everything was, and is, exactly as it should be."  

Answer 20

its when a person reach to the level of satsfaction.... when a person is satisfied then he is happy and relaxed

Answer 21

well....yeah a puzzling question.according to me happiness is peace,happiness is having satisfaction and having a calm mind.no tension,puzzlement,confusion etc.

Answer 22

a feeling when u feel in the top of the world and u feel urself as perfect...and tend to forgive everything and everyone who/which is not perfect(as u feel peace within u...)

Answer 23

Happiness is the state of mind which can be achieved by forgetting miseries of  past and not worrying about future. Think positive, remove pollution from mind and live on your own experiences and according to what you think without comparing yourself with others.

Answer 24

Happiness is a tricky one to understand for so many people in the world who do not have it.  It is probably easier for them to explain what happiness isn't, because they live it everyday.  

I think the first misconception, is that so many people think that they will FIND happiness one day.  They think when they get that awesome job, or meet that perfect person to marry.  No, no, no.... these are examples of people defining happiness with people and things outside of themselves.  

We as equal human beings are born with happiness inside us.  The problem is that happiness is shoved down, and covered in all our stress, sorrow, fear, anger, etc...  and before you know it, it is no where in site, and long forgotten.  

The first step in finding your happiness is to get rid of all that negativity that is covering it up. Dig deep, weed it out, and before you know it your happiness with be down at the bottom shining bright.... just waiting for you to bring it out.  

This is why you cannot base your happiness on anything outside yourself.  People disappoint us, and come and go in and out of our lives. Material obejects are only temporary and the newness wears off pretty fast.  So, as you see these external forces are not contant.  Your essence is constant.  So, as you find your happiness you need to love yourself, and cherish that happiness.  If you truly, truly find the real happiness inside, you will have the most incredible feeling and natural high ON LIFE!

Thanks for reading!

Answer 25

Happiness is a feeling influence your senses and how do you see the world. When you are happy you find most of the things beautiful and perfect.It makes you poisitve and strong.

Answer 26

I have read some where that the normal state of our mind is happiness but it's disturbed by unpleasant happenings around so I would say that the absence of sadness is happiness. Meditation makes your mind calm by eleminating the thoughts process.

Answer 27

It is a state of mind. It is not the thing to get but when you give it to others it will come to you muliplied and magnified.

Answer 28

everyone seems to be putting this down to achievement or wants fulfilled.  I think it is much simpler than that.  When you are doing something you enjoy, or are with people you enjoy and you forget your troubles for a bit you feel happy.

like when you first fall in love and everything is great (before you notice the annoying habits he/she has!) you are happy and almost nothing will knock that feeling.  Is that love or happiness or both?

why analyse it? it will only make you miserable!

Answer 29

very interesting question. For me happiness is a state where I can accept myself, my mistakes, infact embrace everything around and say "Life is beautiful".

Answer 30

Happiness is a way of life infact life as all your problems have solutions.

Answer 31

i belive happiness is when  there is no sadness in your life, life is what we try to make has there is just something we don have control of.