A Joosr Guide to… The Art of Happiness by The Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler: A Handbook for Living

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Have you been searching for happiness, only to have it constantly elude you? Learn how to train your brain to overcome obstacles and achieve true, sustainable happiness.

The Art of Happiness offers readers an interesting perspective on the subject of happiness. In this book, you will see how the Dalai Lama, an icon of contentment and happiness, views the topic of happiness and how it differs from traditional, Western psychology. The Art of Happiness shows how Eastern philosophies and Western science have recently begun to meld on this topic. Within the pages of this book, you will find common obstacles to happiness, the Dalai Lama's approach to dealing with them, and how his claims are backed by current psychological findings.

You will learn:

· Why much of our suffering can be described as self-induced

· How to start developing inner contentment

· How to begin overcoming fear of failure and embarrassment.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joosr
• Release date: Nov 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781785672149

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What’s it about?

What is the secret to happiness? Something so basic to humankind shouldn’t be so hard to attain, and yet the secret of happiness eludes many. In fact, for some, the idea of true, sustainable happiness seems almost mythological—a mystery in the same category as the ever-sought-after Fountain of Youth.

Happiness has been a topic of discussion in most religions, including Buddhism and Christianity, for thousands of years. The scientific community, however, seems to have had an aversion to studying the topic. As recently as the 1990s, there were very few studies exploring any positive emotions, including happiness.

Interestingly, around the time American psychiatrist Howard C. Cutler was interviewing the Dalai Lama about happiness for his book The Art of Happiness, the scientific community started taking an interest in the topic too. In 1998, Dr Martin Seligman, president of the American Psychological Association, decided to establish a new field of psychological study—positive psychology. He pointed out that during the previous half-century psychology had focused on mental illnesses, weakness, and dysfunction. Seligman decided it was time psychology broadened its horizons.

This expansion of psychology has led to some interesting and insightful information regarding human happiness. The most significant finding that psychologists have made is that the human brain can be trained to be