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"Happiness and the description of happiness are two different things. Happiness is a state of being. That means that it exists in the realm of direct experience. It is the intimate perception of emotions and sensations which, indescribable in themselves, constitute the state of happiness. The word "happiness" is the label, or symbol, which we pin on this indescribable state. "Happiness" belongs to the realm of abstractions, or concepts. A state of being is an experience. A description of a state of being is a symbol. Symbols and experience do not follow the same rules." - Gary Zukav, Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics (Get the book.)

"The belief about the link between wealth and happiness is not borne out by experience. Money can buy many things but not happiness and well-being. It can buy sex but not love, attention but not caring, information but not wisdom. Since 1957, the GNP in the United States has more than doubled, but the average level of happiness has declined: those who report being "very happy" are only 32 percent of the population. At the same time the divorce rate doubled, the teen suicide rate more than doubled, violent crime tripled, and more people than ever say they are depressed." - Ervin Laszlo, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World (Get the book.)

"Complex emotional relationships are beyond my comprehension" Temple Grandin, an autistic woman Thinking in Pictures The eternal human struggle for happiness and meaning revolves around the battle between the two most primal and pivotal of all emotions: love and fear. At the heart of all life lie these two lords of mankind. Love brings happiness. But fear fosters survival. And we need both." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"First, the ads create the impression not only that can health and happiness be achieved by using the right drugs, but that drugs are necessary for health and happiness. Then the ads evoke a positive emotional connection to the drug, and finally challenge the viewer to take action. Viewers are encouraged to discuss the drug with their doctor (in the office, "discuss" usually morphs into "request" or "demand"), a suggestion that taps into every viewer's desire to take charge of his or her health." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Myths about happiness, Dr. Eades says, are at the core of the emptiness that leads to addictions. "One of the greatest and most damaging is, 'I'll be happy if I am successful.' The person is always striving, never truly arriving, always reaching, not resting. When this happens we become externally oriented, looking for things outside us to define us. I've worked with too many patients who are very wealthy, but also very discontented and very disconnected in their lives." Linking happiness to another person or an event often causes problems. " - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Money can buy many things but not happiness and well-being. It can buy sex but not love, attention but not caring, information but not wisdom. Since 1957, the GNP in the United States has more than doubled, but the average level of happiness has declined: those who report being "very happy" are only 32 percent of the population. At the same time the divorce rate doubled, the teen suicide rate more than doubled, violent crime tripled, and more people than ever say they are depressed. We have big houses and broken homes, high income and low morale, secured rights and diminished civility. 9." - Ervin Laszlo, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World (Get the book.)

"What's different is the music you make with them, and that determines your health and happiness. Why not select health and happiness over history and habit by taking the route that will give you a more fulfilling life—the Vitamin D Cure? If the image you have of yourself is fat, tired, and hurting, that will be your reality. But if you change your internal image, you'll find that it's easier to make the choices necessary to bring that new and improved image to life. A key element of the entire process is reframing what you think about yourself." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"By emotional entitlement, I mean a very recent but endemic belief on the part of vast swaths of Americans that we should feel happy all the time, or at least most of the time, and that the conditions of life/ society/the very existence of drugs/fill in the blank should allow us, as much as possible, to maximize our feelings of happiness. In some ill-defined but nonetheless pervasive way, we have come to feel we are entided to—no, we are owed—happiness." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"A credit card. And happiness. How can you break the connection? "This kind of reaction is not as dramatic as getting drunk or stoned," says San Francisco psychiatrist Carla Perez, M.D. "But it's still an addiction. If you can't control it, get rid of the cards." At the very least, leave them at home. Use the store's personal shopping service. Many department stores have a group of personal shoppers who can find you almost anything. If you call ahead at Bloomingdale's, for example, your personal shopper will put on a pot of coffee or tea." - Debora Tkac, Kim Anderson, Everyday Health Tips: 2000 Practical Hints for Better Health and Happiness (Get the book.)

"A sense of worth is guaranteed by principled living, and happiness will often tag along as well. 14. Let your spirit be touched, and touch the spirit of others, with love. Nothing is more important than expanding our own capacity, and humanity's capacity, to love one another. The final three principles are most specifically related to the themes of this book: 15. You cannot solve your problems by taking psychoactive substances that impair your mind and the expression of your spirit." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"The heart protector or pericardium is the official of the "pleasures of the people" and is in charge of protecting the heart by creating an atmosphere of happiness and well-being. This official screens out thoughts or images that would be detrimental to the heart. All intimate relationships are monitored by the heart protector, making sure that the heart is fed emotionally and spiritually by these relationships. The triple heater or triple warmer is the official "controller of temperatures," which creates an atmosphere of shared warmth among all the officials, keeping the house evenly tempered." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"In other words, it was prescription-enhanced sex competing against prescription-enhanced happiness. Parents could now clothe their children in No. 6 Viagra leather jackets. They could give them toy race cars, in either the Viagra or Wellbutrin models. There were Viagra beach towels and posters and even a fuzzy Viagra teddy bear. The drug companies also copied some of RJR's direct marketing techniques. GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Wellbutrin, had "Racing for Life" trailers at the track where fans were screened for depression and other diseases." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "The advertisements sold not only medicines but youth, happiness, friends, beauty, and sex. Implicitly, they promised a Utopia of endless days of leisure, romance that was sweet or searing, and even a perfect family, as if those who medicated together stayed together. The brown-eyed boy beamed in an ad for Adderall, an amphetamine drug for children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, in the August 2005 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine. "Finally! Family hours that last for hours. Friends that ask him to join a group. School-work that matches his intelligence." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Likewise, omega-3 researchers seem to be in possession of a Theory of Everything, including happiness. The same population studies that have correlated omega-3 deficiency to cardiovascular disease have also found strong correlations between falling levels of omega-3 in the diet and rising rates of depression, suicide, and even homicide. Some researchers implicate omega-3 deficiency in learning disabilities such as attention deficit disorder as well." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Excessive training, chronic low energy and nutrient intake, and psychological distress are often involved in fat-loss strategies and may cause long-term damage to health, happiness, or performance. It is suggested that there is a higher risk of eating disorders, or disordered eating behaviors and body perceptions, among athletes in weight-division sports or sports in which success is associated with low body fat levels than might be expected in the general community." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Living a life that was consistent with her story brought her health and happiness. The word "therapy" comes from the Greek word therapeia, which means to nurse or cure through creative expression—the arts, writing, music, dance, drama, gardening, hobbies, and creative play, just to name a few. You can use expressive techniques to attain cathartic release of old pain, symbolic resolution of issues that stand in the way of your complete healing, deeper self-knowledge, and joy. With expressive techniques, the focus is on the change that comes to you through the process of creating." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.) "Whatever these new more positive feelings might be (optimism, confidence, happiness, and so on), repeat them to yourself with a strong sense of conviction for sixty seconds. Revel in the release of the old emotions and the delight and freedom associated with the new feelings and distortion-free thinking. Give it a full sixty seconds. You do not want to cut this step short. Remember that the "language" of the subconscious mind is imagery, metaphor, and deep feeling, so imagine yourself liberated by this new sense of who you are." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.) "It'll shift your feeling into peace, happiness, and a sense of personal potency. This, in turn, will improve your mental and physical health in dramatic ways. The focus of this process is to target distortion in your thought process as it arises in response to specific events and challenges. You can use it any time you feel extreme emotional dis-ease. The process has seven simple steps. As you gain familiarity with its use, you will be able to complete it in a couple of minutes." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.) "You'll need this understanding to take advantage of the tools provided in this book—tools that will allow you to free yourself from your past and move into a future of health and happiness. Let's start by reiterating two powerful principles from chapter 1. First, every disease in the body begins with dis-ease in the mind. There is a mental root for every physical problem. If you discover this root and heal it, your physical health will improve. There are no exceptions. Remember Erin's story and my story?" - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"At: the same time the goddess promised the youth every happiness and blessed him in such a way that neither water, nor fire, iron, nor anything else should ever do him harm.19 Fig. 17. Paleolithic Petroglyph (Algiers) From the umbilical spot the hero departs to realize his destiny. His adult deeds pour creative power into the world. Sang the aged Vainamdinen; Lakes swelled up, and earth was shaken, And the coppery mountains trembled, And the mighty rocks resounded. And the mountains clove asunder; On the shore the stones were shattered." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.)

"The Continuum Concept: In Search of happiness Lost by Jean Liedloff is another book I highly recommend. Liedloff evaluates Western society and human nature through the lens of the Stone Age Indians she spent two and a half years observing in the jungles of Venezuela. Life Before Birth: The Challenges of Fetal Development by Peter Na-thanielsz can be a little technical at times, but it has a lot of great information on toxins and pregnancy. Super Baby by Sarah Brewer provides excellent tips for boosting your child's intelligence while he's still in the womb." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Make happiness a Hahit. happiness is the cure for stress-related, psychosomatic illness. Determining what makes your heart sing, then going after it with gusto, is the sure path to happiness. Following your dreams sparks the divine within. So love yourself enough to believe that you deserve to be happy, and devote more time to the pursuit of your personal happiness than you currently do to your stress. APPETITIS: WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO CURE IT ife is a prism. What you see depends on what you're looking for." - Barnet Meltzer, M.D., Food Swings: Make the Life-Changing Connection Between the Foods You Eat and Your Emotional Health and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"Compared to a control group of nonautistic children, the autistic kids registered very little activity in their mirror neurons when they observed photos of people who were making facial expressions of anger, fear, or happiness. This failure of mirror neurons has two fundamental effects. (1) It causes anxiety. It's frightening to have, in effect, everyone around you wearing blank, indifferent masks. You can't tell how they're reacting to you, and you can't predict what they're about to do. (2) It's an obstacle to love." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Granted, some would argue that homework takes away from happiness, but there are healthy ways to do homework, too. Homework shouldn't interfere with sleep or exercise. With this policy in mind you'll find that good amounts of sleep and exercise will actually help your child with homework! And once your children start facing school and homework with high levels of energy, fueled by their healthy lifestyles, they'll learn how to care about and enjoy learning." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"It makes quite a difference whether we were raised in an environment of acceptance or criticism, affirmation or abuse, calmness or anxiety, happiness or anger, security or fear, because these become the filters through which we view the world. FROM CHILD TO ADULT Little children are naturally spontaneous and joyful. They live in the present moment and have no pretense. They don't pretend to be other than their authentic, inquisitive, and responsive selves. They ask innocent and direct questions. They are open and trusting. They hear things literally, and believe what adults tell them is true." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "Our beliefs are so powerful that they create our health, our happiness, and our lives. The beliefs we hold in our subconscious minds, whether positive or negative, are reflected in our life circumstances. Every disease is a reflection of a false belief system within us. Our bodies are talking to us. A disease process is evidence that something is amiss in the workings of the mind; that is where the power to effect lasting change resides.1 The disease distress is the body's cry asking us to change the underlying cause—the beliefs that are not working for our highest good. Research by Dr." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "Being our authentic self opens the door to truth, happiness, fulfillment, and joy in our lives. It helps us learn again who we are as a being of loving intent in all we say and do. It is who we were created to be. If we are not there yet, it is who we came here to become. GETTING OUR ACT TOGETHER Reshaping our characters requires an honest examination and identification of both the positive and negative attitudes that operate in our lives. It means becoming aware that attitudes and emotions influence our health." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"At last, the earth will sweeten and the waters turn to wine, the wish-fulfilling trees will yield their bounty of delights to a blissful population of perfectly wedded twins; and the happiness of this community again will be doubled, and the wheel, through ten millions of ten millions of one hundred millions of one hundred million periods of countless years, will approach the point of beginning the downward revolution, which again will increasing noise of unwholesome merrymaking, warfare, and pestilential winds." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.)

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