Recently we organized a group discussion in our Yoga Philosophy class at Rishikesh and the topic of discussion was, "how do you define happiness?"
When I saw the zeal and enthusiasm on their faces while discussing this topic, at that moment itself I realized, how important happiness is, to all of us. And also I could see, the process of expressing and sharing was making them so happy.
Then I asked them, which is that one topic, they would just like to talk again and again. Again interestingly, such amazing answers started coming - Food, Health, Music, Yoga, Travel, Adventure, Fun, Family, Relationships, Politics, Science, Statistics, Love, Life, God.
In other words, these are some of the things which we really enjoy in life and give us happiness. We all have different needs in our lives and most of those needs fall mainly into four categories - sensual, mental, intellectual and spiritual. When we meet those needs of ours, we find joy in life.
Meeting sensual needs mean, satisfying our tongue with delicious food, eyes with beautiful sights, ears with melodious music, nose with fragrant articles and skin with a special touch.
We all are looking for very satisfying relationships in which we want to love and trust and at the same want to be loved and trusted. Emotional fulfillment is one of the most important aspects of our mental needs.
Most of us are too absorbed in our own self and often this self-absorption leads to depression. Psychologically, most depressions are a result of thinking too much about one's own needs, interests, and concerns. When we start focusing on what will really make others happy, we are left with no time to think about our own happiness.
We need to learn giving happiness to others, when we contemplate on the needs, interests, and concerns of others, we come out of our self-absorption. Psychologically, most depressions are a result of thinking too much about one's own needs, interests, and concerns. In fact, those who live thinking about the needs, interests, and concerns of others become icons for the world.
Our small efforts in giving happiness to others, come flooding into our lives in the form of happiness that others try to give us. It's exactly like a small tidal wave of the ocean becomes a tsunami outside the ocean.
When we focus on others' happiness, people get helplessly drawn toward us and what we get is a lifetime of an exponential growth of mutual happiness.
This is Happiness Quotient - HQ, it is about how much happiness we give to others. The more the HQ, happier we will be.
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