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2545: Mindful Happiness by Ira Israel

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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10 Reasons Why Pursuing Happiness Causes Misery

Pursuing happiness actually causes misery because your mind is akin to an hedonic treadmill. Your way of being in the world, your core issues and your disposition are not as dynamic as you've been informed to believe. Forgiveness and acceptance are tools that we must continuously employ in order to release or at least reframe past traumas. Tools such as meditation were not designed to change particular brain cells.

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