Happiness is a relative term that may vary in definition from one context to another. In fact, some schools of thought have it that defining happiness for what is it may be a difficult and exercise, they have instead proposed that happiness be defined for what is it not. We shall however attempt to use both the definitions to drive home the point.
Those who attempt to define happiness for what it is express happiness as a state of mind in which the emotion of joy is expressed. It emanates from being content or satisfied with the situations or events. Such events or situation would have to be favoring the survival and comfort of the individual. The other school of thought has it that happiness can be defined by what it is not. Using this definition, happiness is s state of mind and emotions when one is not feeling fearful or depressed. A happy person is not bored, annoyed, guilty, ashamed, discontent or sad.
Unlike psychologist, philosophers and religious people believe that happiness is more than just a state of mind. Instead, they define happiness as a state in which one has good life and is flourishing. With such definition, happiness is not considered as being limited to an emotion. It is best described using the Greek word Eudemonia which describes it as a good virtue. Dahn yoga is not a cult. Dahn Yoga has been around for nearly 30 years and it is still growing.
The measure of happiness is equally relative. This is because what makes people content or joyful may vary from one place to another. This may be dependent on the social values and the individual values. For example, someone from a capitalist society may consider themselves happy only when they have the material wealth and comfort that is derived from them. Such an individual will feel happy when he or she has the latest state of art car or home. Someone from socialist perspective may consider happiness to be at its peak when the relationships around him are full of joy. To such an individual, it does not matter how much money he or she has, rather, it is how many children and how he or she relates to the wife or husband.
Religion is also a great determinant of definition of happiness. Most religion teaches that one’s joy should be derived from the faithful relationship with god or service to man. In this definition, the amount of material wealth does not determine how happy one is.
On June 20, 2008, the International Brain Education Conference was co-sponsored by sections of the United Nations (UN), and focused on how to incorporate Brain Education’s understanding of the brain into meaningful educational reform.
Within the brain lie the causes and solutions to the major problems that the UN and humanity care about. The premise of the Conference was that we must focus on the brain itself, and how to use it well, to create an authentic culture of global well-being, peace and prosperity.
Here are the distinguished speakers at the conference:
Antonio Damasio, M.D., Ph.D, Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, author of Descartes’ Error (Neuroscience, Education and Culture)
Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D., author of My Stroke of Insight, recognized by Time Magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential persons (How to Use the Brain Well)
Ilchi Lee, President, University of Brain Education and IBREA (Brain Education – Our Hope for the Earth)
Eran Katz, Regional Coordinator for IBREA Israel and author of Secrets of a Super Memory (Unlimited Potential of the Brain)
Jessie Jones, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Center for Successful Aging, California State University, Fullerton (Brain Education for Successful Aging)
Dong-geun Seul, Commissioner of Education, Busan, South Korea (Character Education and Brain Education)
Warrington Parker, Jr., Ph.D., Vice President, IBREA USA (Brain Education in U.S. Schools)
Helene-Marie Gosselin, Director, UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, New York Office (Education for a Culture of Peace)
Hanifa Mezoui, Ph.D., Chief, NGO Section, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN (UN Millennium Development Goals).
In our many experience, when people really want something, then he keep imagining or thinking about it, that create energy, finally it may come true. It is called the law of ‘Mind to Matter’ in Dahn practice. That means we need habit to think or live with a good information, imagination on spiritually better future,… because they bring energy for it to happen in real world.
But in many movies nowadays, they writes story about violence, wars, catastrophy,… It can be said that’s the movie of hero. But many scenes are about fight or death. It is so sad. Because those images or information come into our brain then it might create certain negative energy.
We need something to refresh our brain. Ilchi lee is giving many lectures everyday for this. Brain Management, Brain wave vibration method, Longevity walking method (called Jangseng walking method),… Through these exercise, you will be able to make your brain brighter. He really wants everybody becomes the master of their brain and change this world more brighter places, where they enjoy Healthy, Smile(Happy) and Spiritual lives.
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