What gives highest happiness in life?

Question: What gives highest happiness in life!?

dont say sex coz all married are not happy!
dont say money coz all rich men are not happy!
dont say fame coz all celebrities are not happy!
dont say love coz all lovers are not happy!
dont say religion coz all christians are not happy!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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In my opinion, no one is ever happy with what they have because there is always something more they desire!. Things that give the highest happiness are different for different people!. For example:

A person who really cares about the way they look may think they will be completely happy if they looked the way they wanted!.

Someone might really care about achieving an ambition in life like getting the job they desire and they thik that once they gain this, they will have never ending happiness!.

This is the same with people who desire : love, fame, money!.

The truth is that once you achieve what you wanted to achieve, you will not be at high happiness!. There isn't a specific thing that gives highest happiness because it can be a mixture of things and it could be one thing, but either way it is different for each indivdual!.

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I don't understand why we cannot say one of those things!. Because your question poses the idea of what gives us the most happiness!. Whereas the statements below seem like you are asking what it gives you complete happiness and what gives everyone else complete happiness also!. Furthermore for some people their highest happiness may come from love whereas for others it may come from religion!. It is not going to be the same for everyone because we are not the same!. Anyway, so are you asking about the most happiness or 100% happiness!? If 100% happiness than no-one can answer because that is impossible!. If not then rephrase those statements!. Either way, your question ignites an old debate doesn't it!? And it was enjoyable to ponder for a little while!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Defiantly if you generalize, you will not get the answer you are looking for!.
Am not sure if your information is correct( thoroughly researched)!.

I think people like Stephen Covey may be happy and Robert Kiyosaki and many others!.

But according to me, i think self awareness could be one of those things to help you attain happiness in life!. Ofcourse combined with spirituality and sme others!.

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"You said all christians are not happy" but i am 100% sure that all muslims are very happy and satisfied with their religion!.!.Problems are everywhere in the world but it doesn't mean that there is a problem in your religion problem is inside us,we create problems not religion!.!.!.
Religion gives us highest happiness in our lives!. Give happiness to others and don't wait for feedback from them,because you will feel happiness inside you after doing good deeds, and that will be a happiest feedback, that will give your mind all the pleasures!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Before you blow off this queston i'd just like to say that this isn't Love as in Lovers or intimacy, like you told us not to say!.

I think that it's love that goves you the highest happiness in life!.
It's not just intimate love i mean, if you're wondering!. I am just talking about love in general!. To have love for someone or to feel love in your direction is a high that no amount of ecstacy or alcohol could give!. Whether the love be felt or given to/by a friend, a parent, a sibling, a lover or anyone!.!.!.!.
Sure Sean Connery said 'Love doesn't make the world go round but it sures makes the ride worthwhile' and i think this is both right and wrong!. It doesn't literally make the world go round, but i can say that without love, really, where is the point!?!?

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Happiness is an agreeable feeling or condition arising
from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind!.
It is the possession of those circumstances or that
state of being which is attended with enjoyment!. It is
associated with good luck, good fortune, prosperity,
well-being, delight, health, safety, and love!.

Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every
kind of enjoyment except that of the animal appetites!.
It ia a state of well-being characterized by emotions
ranging from contentment to intense joy!. These include:
bliss, joy, joyous, carefree, jubilant, exultant,
cheerful, playful, amused, fun, glad, gay, gleeful,
jolly, jovial, delighted, euphoric, ecstatic, thrilled,
elated, enraptured, comfortable, harmonious, and
triumphant!. Societies, religions, and individuals have
various views on the nature of happiness and how to
pursue it!.

Only saint-like persons, who feel that they are no
longer interested in the external world, think that
happiness is within!. For many persons, nothing can make
them happy!. Our minds are as different as our finger
prints - no two are alike!. Listening to loud music
makes one happy and makes another unhappy!. Hence, there
can be no single definition for happiness!. It is
probably impossible to objectively define happiness as
humans know and understand it, as internal experiences
are subjective by nature!. Because of this, explaining
happiness as experienced by one individual is as
pointless as trying to define the color green such that
a completely color blind person could understand the
experience of seeing green!.

As a state and a subject, it has been pursued and
commented on extensively throughout world history!.

"Call no man happy till he is dead!." - Aeschylus

"Happiness is a positive cash flow!." - Fred Adler

"True happiness arises, in the first place, from the
enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the
friendship and conversation of a few select
companions!." - Joseph Addison

Happiness is often associated with the presence of
favourable circumstances such as a supportive family
life, a loving marriage, and economic stability!. Kali
Yuga, the age of darkness, is the time when these
favourables are difficult to find!.

Unfavorable circumstances - such as abusive
relationships, accidents, loss of employment, and
conflicts - diminish the amount of happiness a person
experiences!. In all nations, factors such as hunger,
disease, crime, corruption, and warfare can decrease
happiness!. However, according to several ancient and
modern thinkers, happiness is influenced by the
attitude and perspective taken on such circumstances!.

From the observation that fish must become happy by
swimming, and birds must become happy by flying!.
Aristotle points to the unique abilities of man as the
route to happiness!. Of all the animals only man can sit
and contemplate reality!. Of all the animals only man
can develop social relations to the political level!.
Thus the contemplative life of a monk or a professor, or
the political life of a military commander or
a politician will be the happiest according to their own
"psyche"!.

Our minds are as different as our finger prints - no two
are alike!.

The following is the self-reported positive affect
(i!.e!. positive emotion) during the day by 909 employed
women in USA:

Activities and their positive effect index:

Intimate relations 5!.10
Socializing 4!.59
Relaxing 4!.42
Pray/Worship/Meditate 4!.35
Eating 4!.34
Exercising 4!.31
Watching TV 4!.19
Shopping 3!.95
Preparing food 3!.93
On the phone 3!.92
Napping 3!.87
Taking care of
my children 3!.86
Computer/Email/
Internet 3!.81
Housework 3!.73
Working 3!.62
Commuting 3!.45

Interaction with partners:

w/ friends 4!.36
w/ relatives 4!.17
w/ spouse/Significant
other 4!.11
w/ children 4!.04
w/ clients/customers 3!.79
w/ co-workers 3!.76
w/ boss 3!.52
alone 3!.41

Further, happiness is not entirely psychological in
nature - it has got a biological basis too!. The
neurotransmitter dopamine is involved in desire and
seems often related to pleasure!. Pleasure can be
induced artificially with drugs!. Use of drugs is not
some thing new, it has been used by many including
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To know the limitatios of the enjoyments one can have in this world and to know the meaninglessness of the suffering we may have to put up with, without our will, consent or agreement to it: is the clue to the highest happiness!. Religion cannot bring happiness' be you a hindu, christian or Muslim or Jew or anyone else!. But if you are a true follower Of Jesus Christ, The Buddha, Prophet Mohammed, Lord Rama or Krisna or Gandhiji that truth will bring unfatomable happiness even if you encounter pains with gains, sufferings with pleasures, friendships with betrayals and deapths with esteems!.When the teachings of God, real Gurus and sages get corrupted and decayed we call them religions and those who make ostentious lives out of them as "modern day infallible "Saints""!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

, i Think happiness doesn't has to be from very big things
For me happiness comes from friends, nature, music, watching kids play & also playing with them!.
god has made so many things To be happy about,
And one more thing, we don't realize what is being happy about till we realize what being sad is!.
So God's made sadness to tell us what is happiness about,
Its we who have to find out when we feel happy!.
its we who create happiness through some material form or physical form, and not the things which create the happiness!.
Its we who choose to be happy in what ever surroundings we r!.
Its just the way we think
" Sometimes joy is the source of our smile,but sometimes the smile is the source of joy"
I Like this Quote very much just try it ,
Just try and smile as broadly as u can, u will feel the happiness coming out from the bottom of u, it seems as if u can't stop being happy!.all good thoughts start flooding in from somewhere u don't know!.
Just try it once u will like this felling!.
i do this often when i feel sadWww@QuestionHome@Com

Your question, well thought out, limits our options for answers!.
Any of the five things you mention could give much happiness
to various people at various times!.

If there is one superlative factor in life that would make everybody
happy forever I don't know what it would be unless it is self love!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

First of all !.!. understand the meaning of happiness!.!.!.

When u say I want to be happy that means you want to let ur mind be independent of external circumstances!.!.!. happiness is basically a chemical which mind generates !.!.!. all emotions are just the chemical generated by the mind!.!.!. so just don't think of the external circumstances !.!. and u will feel the highest happiness in the world even in the worst possible condition!.!.!.!.

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highest happiess derived can last for few seconds or maybe there with you all your life!.
according to me getting support from your near and dear ones can give you highest happiness!.
because they are the ones who'll be there with you all long and help you to ovecome your difficulty and help you to get your goals!.
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In my experience, giving happiness to others gives the highest happiness for self, especially when we can make our loved ones happy!! This is the closest to the kind of generalization you are looking for!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The desire for God is written in the human heart because we are created by God and for God, and God never ceases to draw us to himself!. Only in God will we find the truth and happiness we never stop searching for!.

I did not say Religion!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If I had discovered a way to have ultimate happiness be a constant, I'd be pretty unhappy, simply because it would be so boring!. As such, there is no answer to this question!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

good morning brother
how are you!?

according to scientists report when a person do lot of hard work and struggle and than get success that is the higest happiness in the world!.

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chocolate!. chocolate contains chemicals that trigger the release of endorphins, which are the body's natural "anti-depressants" (they make you happy)
another thing that triggers endorphins is excerciseWww@QuestionHome@Com

Please, please, please, (everyone) stop asking universal question, there is no such thing as a universal answer!. To me it is music!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

happiness cannot be measured
i think happiness is a feeling that make us feel good that can get from anything
but happiness that doesnot contains a pain will not exist long!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.surfing everday!.!.!.thanks for asking!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

happiness comes when seens other's happyWww@QuestionHome@Com

ChildrenWww@QuestionHome@Com

i guess you have stumbled upon the answer you seek: there is no 100% certain cause of happinessWww@QuestionHome@Com

Learning how to laugh about your own fear of doing so!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

self satisfactionWww@QuestionHome@Com

contentment!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

u can find happiness from the smallest things round u!. otherwise, dont expect to find it from other pple coz its hardWww@QuestionHome@Com

i don know maybe frndshipWww@QuestionHome@Com