Thibaut Meurisse

Today’s society is selling a version of happiness that can make us un happy.

Today’s society is selling a version of happiness that can make us un happy.

Research conducted at Tulane University showed that, when given permission to self-stimulate their pleasure center, participants did it an average of forty times per minute. They chose the stimulation of their pleasure center over food, even refusing to eat when hungry!

For instance, you could be addicted to thinking.

This phenomenon is known as ‘hedonic adaptation.’

How hedonic adaptation works

Events that happen to you bear no meaning in themselves. You give them meaning only through your interpretation of those events.

Events that happen to you bear no meaning in themselves. You give them meaning only through your interpretation of those events.

the other hand, highly self-conscious people can see through their ego. They understand how belief works and how excessive attachment to a set of beliefs can create suffering in their life. In effect, these individuals become the master of their mind and are at peace with themselves.

Your ego is a selfish entity, only concerned about its own survival.

As we already mentioned, your ego needs an identity to exist. The way it does that is through identification with things, people, or beliefs and ideas.