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Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Buddha
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Buddhism and Human Psychology
The human mind is not designed to see the world clearly. Those traits that are conducive to getting the genes underlying them into the next generation is the traits that we will have, and that includes mental traits. So if having a slightly deluded conception of yourself, or an inaccurate perception of other people or things, will help get jeans into the next generation, then we know our species will be inclined towards certain thoughts and perceptions that aren't, strictly speaking, accurate....
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