tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post1730420467263822816..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: What's Happiness Anyway?Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-3735973013528693972010-08-18T16:48:58.809-07:002010-08-18T16:48:58.809-07:00Nathan,
A good, thoughtful post. It has inspired ...Nathan, <br />A good, thoughtful post. It has inspired <a href="http://nutzenbolts.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/happiness/" rel="nofollow">one of my own</a>, which started off as a comment in regards yours but became too long to offer here. I don't know how tangential my post might be to yours, but I try to talk about what relationship happiness has to suffering and therefore to Buddhism. In arniejosephbellhttp://nutzenbolts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-24791055199362162862010-08-18T14:19:21.847-07:002010-08-18T14:19:21.847-07:00"the absence of unnecessary suffering." ..."the absence of unnecessary suffering." hmm, I like that. I'm gonna sit on that one some more. thanks.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-39984475395868837762010-08-18T11:40:15.745-07:002010-08-18T11:40:15.745-07:00For me, true happiness is best defined by the abse...For me, true happiness is best defined by the absence of unnecessary suffering. Something I have experienced during fleeting moments, and is solely internally driven.Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-55555845965713350172010-08-18T07:52:46.145-07:002010-08-18T07:52:46.145-07:00Bookbird, I agree that there does seem to be a fee...Bookbird, I agree that there does seem to be a feeling quality to happiness.<br /><br />Jennifer, I think you point at the fact that there really can't be a universal definition of happiness. <br /><br />Anonymous - yes, I'm right there with you on sharing this life fully as a path of happiness.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-75546674641202010502010-08-18T07:29:15.147-07:002010-08-18T07:29:15.147-07:00Hi Nathan,
I'm on vacation so finally have ti...Hi Nathan,<br /><br />I'm on vacation so finally have time to catch up with my favorite blogs!<br /><br />I think the book you're reading sounds interesting. Being open-minded and reading a wide range of opinions is a very good thing. Otherwise we never learn about others or see a different perspective than the one to which we tightly cling. I also read Seth Godin and I like many of his Jennifer Campaniolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01584812688202324497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-18622454001597295132010-08-17T17:27:54.020-07:002010-08-17T17:27:54.020-07:00H sticks for me on this side of the computer scree...H sticks for me on this side of the computer screen and between the ears...<br /><br />Until H is practiced in the world...<br /><br />Dogen says, when one cooks, the cook prepares a complete meal -<br /> <br />6 flavors: <br />bitter sour sweet salty mild hot<br /><br />3 virtues:<br />-light & flexible<br />-clean & neat<br />-conscientious & thorough<br /><br />---<br />no kitchen,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-72198474977337714842010-08-17T14:24:35.055-07:002010-08-17T14:24:35.055-07:00I like how Pema Chodron says that people associate...I like how Pema Chodron says that people associate happiness "with Hallmark cards" and I think that is true! I think happiness is a concept like love -- which is to say, pretty undefinable. I just feel in my heart the qualities of happiness. <br />For me I aim to not take happiness, and the glimpses of contentment for granted... and also not to hold on to them either. <br /><br />This Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04122762432900082546noreply@blogger.com