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How to Build a Happy Life: Be Self-Aware

How to Know What’s Real

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The Sense of Reactivity in the Brain

i'm probably a hundred % happier, if not more, than i was when i started meditating 12 years ago. I still experience all sorts of negative emotions and still retain the capacity to be a shmuck in many, many ways. People who are managed by their emotions are highly reactive. And so we find ourselv to be highly reactive. That's interest if you're interested in how to build a happy life, and it's giving you pleasure right now. Interest ats a basic positive emotion, just like joy. But then there are the negative ones, anger, fear, sadness and disgust. For example, anger will make you more likely to defend yourself or run away

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