There's more to life than being happy | Emily Esfahani Smith | TED 

Orwell knew what it was going to be like... CBD Central Bank Dynasty is bringing it all to reality...

The Apostle Muhammad knows this 1,400 years before George Orwell 😂😂Muslim children also know that, they memorize this verse: "And I did not create the jinn and mankind except that they may worship Me" 👏

@@nooneknowsmehhhh all religions are loaded with pagan superstitions.. gratitude can be observed whether you are religious or not.. thank the lord or the universe...pray to find your strength.. nothing else matters

Duggy Dugg Don't talk like this about Islam and you haven't read about it ever. u won't find effects of pray on body or mind like muslims prays. i know u don't believe in this thing but try to read about it from a scientific point of view. AND of course ‏watch out for religious prejudice

@@nooneknowsmehhhh Norah i'm not picking on any one religion.. my opinion is they all contain too many pagan rituals and superstitions.. i am non religious.. but I probably say thank you lord (universe) at least 4 or 5 times a day.. for eyesight.. the ability to walk.. the life I had with my wife... her sister's family.. my 'religion' if you will, has one or two principles.. do unto others etc and be helpful to others and the environment.. only one prayer.. let me find my strength one of my desires is to reveal the CBD.. central bank dynasty.. for the debt monsters they are .. endangering the planet with criminal debt tactics... such as lending bogus scrip money to gvts.. as if it were legitimate fiat currency originated by real government departments.... maybe RU-vid will help.........

Nah wrong happiness is whatever that makes u feel happy your logic is so backwards but now u know the truth thank me later.

@@lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385 what

@@hopedean6424 huh

@@lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385 you a troll or sumn?

@@hopedean6424 neither lol

Wow at leas you are allowed to learn foreign languages and let alone live in different country! This is such a privilege.

How it’s going

FerJitsu is stupid -anonymous

Thank you for sharing, Happiness is within your self find it inside urself not outside

I think China is your destination . here u can get what u want

Life is a series of learning lessons.

I have learned nothing much. And it wasn't enough to justify the suffering.

@@alicjaruiz1317 I like what you said

Maybe u do learn about the Theory Maslow (i mean self tendence )

@@someonesomeone25 I have felt that way at some point of my life--that suffering was unnecessary, purposeless. What could I have possibly learned from losing my boyfriend at 18 when he was driving 300 miles to go see me for the weekend as a surprise and a truck hit the car where he was sitting (not driving!)? Nothing. Just pain, pain, pain. And I understand there is more pain than that. So yes, I get your message.

That's a very interesting perspective on life. I'm glad your mum survived that ordeal, it must have been hard for you. In terms of a meaning for life, i would advocate christianity, but of course you might have your objections :)

This comment made me cry 😅 Thank you for sharing this!!

I am going through the same phase as you😊

@@sarmiladas9734 We all are and will be thinking about this at one point of our lifes, we´ll also come to learn to live in a simple and peacefull life with ourselfs like op did... and we´ll be listening until the time comes :v

When i turned 40 i went through same thing. I've tried to find meaning of my life. But its not easy.

Your work is amazing. Maybe not everyone deserves it.

Thank you for your note!

thank you

Thank you so much!

Agree with u..It's meaningless..

Think about it the fact that you believe it is meaningless gives it, it’s meaning...it’s a sandbox, meant for you to develop, experience and materialize your highest possible self

📮dear please recite the noble holy quran u will find peace and meaning also and it's my challenge for u whatever she said it's temporary motivation after somedays u will get back into anxiety depression actually wht's the reason behind this depression is that ur soul want peace ur soul willing to connect with true God and our true creator true God is only allah . please feed ur soul as ur feeding ur body and the food of our soul is zikr practice precautions from bad things connect with our true merciful God allah the only on who make everything don't tell lie to urself by giving ur own titles like mental health stigma Blah blah 😏

You're so right.

What are you saying she didn't tell a word about meaning of life all she said is way to be happy

Me too

Too true man, too true...

Zareh, I don't she covers the universe of what it means to be human. I believe there is much more.

I feel you bro

my advice would be search and learn maybe you'll find the answer after all you are not the first person to ask this question and certainly not the last one ...good luck ♡

What if you fail to have children then.

@@jeandupont8501 I don’t understand your question.

@@jeandupont8501 I would repeat my mother's name .

@@jeandupont8501 His purpose was his children. You find other purposes for yourself.

I have no meaning, and very little happiness. Its sucky.

@@someonesomeone25 if you can't find anything good that makes you happy when you do it then help others as that gives the most happiness.

@@captainwave5172 Helping others doesn't bring me happiness.

@@someonesomeone25 Try once again and try to know why and then be your own therapist using your brain. Reduce distractions, close your eyes, focus on one sound and be mindful. Happiness is inside us not outside. Know your horoscope sign and search their likes and dislikes and implement but always use your brain for you are unique and every situation is so too. Good luck

@@captainwave5172 Why try what has never worked before in the past? That makes no sense. Repeating the exact same thing hoping and for a different result is a waste of time. As for introspscting why helping brings me no happiness, I feel there are three main reasons: I am too unhappy in myself to be able to gain vicarious pleasure from the joy of others; I am inwardly bitter and angry at how people have treated me through my life so a part of me wants others to suffer; and I get very stressed and anxious easily making any many acts, esp social or work based acts, an unpleasurable negative experience. I am not able to enjoy helping others until these issues are resolved. But I cannot resolve them no matter what I do.

anyone wants to learn about islam

@@mohammedhanan4811😂 never

Hello?

Eternity kills meaning. They can't coexist.

@@vithorpileco if you feeling meaning in something you can go on doing it forever, it never gets old and not any amount of it feels enough as you could do it infinitely for example for me the transcendence pillar is looking at the sun setting into the ocean, i would be happy to live for as long as i could experience that

You deserve more likes

But the inevitability of death gives life meaning. As stated you may be content or happy in your ideal version of eternity but being content also has its limit... (Not trying to sound rude just unconfidently stating my opinion)

Isn't this from guardians of galaxy..I just re-watched it yesterday and ego said something along those lines..Oh wait, this just seems like a common expression

Monideepa Ganguly Thanks a lot:)

Monideepa Ganguly cool beans

Yaa you are right

You said "expect" then "don't expect"...😕

That works for people who don't think deep.

I feel you Divya

എവിടെ ഒക്കെയായി ഒരു മലയാളം ടച്ച്‌? 🙄🙄🙄

Same feeling here Divya.

My friend, I offer you the most beautiful human values ​​that humanity has ever heard. The beauty of his words and the support of logic and reason to him. And his answers to the inquiries of the soul makes the soul feel happiness that it has never found before and is not bored of it, and the appearance of tears of joy from the West to hear it attracts the souls of those seeking happiness to hear it. Thank you.

I am also. Just asked God what is your plan for me about a minute ago. I am thankful He heard me

Woo! I hope you're doing good dude

woo woo

Bro...

I hope you’re doing well.

How?

Wow,how to access is the most difficult part.

I've read Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life and it shows how Christianity grasps all four of these pillars so miraculously. She talked about how love is the thing that gives meaning, and Jesus said the greatest commandment was to love. I used to think that Christianity was just a bunch of morally good rules I should follow to be a good person but it's so much more than that!

I first thought in my life that life was meaningless, because there is no natural meaning to it, and humans humans were just free in the universe and could do whatever they wanted, but then i realised, that if a god existing is enogh to make life have meaning, was because he had a purpose for you, and then i realised that you are the maximum authority of your body and mind, you decide what the purpose of your life will be, the instrument of what end, what end will your body and mind serve and have served from the moment you are born, to the moment you die, be it for better or worse

not really

Do you care for a chat and get to know each other more better?

Will X zevon

That's a nice expression, 'saccharine'. It's the first time I'm coming across it. Also, isn't it awfully hard trying to be constantly grateful & happy? Doesn't a large part of being grateful and happy involve making a conscious decision? So it must get tiring trying to remind yourself to constantly appreciate everything. Because let's face it, a lot of moments are genuinely crap. And it takes a lot of effort to be happy about anything at that point of time.

+Will X It only sounds corny if you don't believe it or if you are more concerned with others' perceptions of you for saying them. These things are more real and profound than we can ever imagine. If they sound corny, they have not been properly understood.

As someone with depression, you’re lucky if you can drown yourself in dopamine. Sounds like heaven or spirituality. Oh ... or were you ironically too afraid to say upfront that it would lead to mental health issues. So much for the pretentious intellectuals on here who once again ironically care too much about what others do and think...

Well said but if happiness have something to do with money then forget about it anyways.

serving something beyond yourself - like maybe Doctors without Borders? or front-line workers risking their lives fighting Covid19? You think they are happy? There is a disconnect here

You can't go in your past and change it. That is Dishonesty. Meaning show you the way

@@ramaraksha01 the best job for you isn't best for everyone else and vice versa. When you have a higher purpose to serve others, you are less stuck with thinking about the self.

@@StevenT2 yes & what do the top 2 religions preach? Run away from real life, think only of yourself, run far away from hearing the cries of pain & suffering from even their OWN loved ones! They could be starving, sick, homeless,,caught in a war facing rape, torture! But good news! We don't care anymore! All they care about is how happy THEY will be, how wonderful heaven will be, see all their DEAD loved ones again! LIVING loved ones starving, homeless, facing rape? Who cares! . This is why Hinduism preaches Reincarnation - because it is here that you Give And what is God? God is a Giver - so many pray to him When we Give, we follow in the footsteps of God, make him proud! And in heaven shameless people are takers! Eternal Takers! . But alas, our hindu skin is dark - our ideas looked down upon So much Racism in this world!

THANKS!

Hello, I started learning English again after 10 years. I would be grateful if you could come and see my skills. I am studying from the basics

Thank you. This is helpful. I was looking for this

I cannot believe a person following Hindu paganism can have such a intellectual emancipation. Love you brother from indian administered kashmir.

Awesome, thanks!

thank you for taking this effort!

Would you say that parenting is a purpose? She mentions this in a video, but I've actually been questioning whether or not that's really something to fixate your life on. Don't get me wrong, family and kids is a great thing to have, but I think parenting is more akin to a job. A beautiful and important job, but still a job. It has an endpoint and it never goes the way you think it will. Purpose is a lifelong thing that can follow you until the very end. That's just my thought anyway.

@@JDog2656there’s more than parenting in itself, it’s your legacy… it’s forever fruitful and you’ll always benefit from the knowing you’ve left something behind and you’ve created a trail of eternal love.

@@andreeaduta3475 I guess, legacy isn’t really something that applies to kids too often. Who we are and what we do is not always dependent on your parents or anyone who came before us. That’s more of a choice. I’m not defined by them

It was bs tho, he survived because the surgeons did their fucking job. And the drama wasn't necessary to her speech.

Yes, you're right. It was very touching and meaningful 💖

Anna Does Things

Seleniar Well said

beliefless dogmasless I might be for you. But I also know that successful people are known for a specific skill or group of skills and in their private life they act as you consider crazy. Remember: what makes you weird will bring you wealth.

Seleniar your not crazy! I don't know what that other person is on about! 😂

Kevin Hodgson nailed it

Love this! Lol

Kevin Hodgson Agreed. Reasoning skills to be worked on.

Exactly!

What four pillars? Sorry too lazy

Agree

Exactly

I looked around and all i could find were egoistic and egocentric shimpanzees called humans, who stick around you as long as you are useful to them...

Raunak Kelekar thank you for listing them! :)

Hello ?

Victor Liberty aw i was in Taiwan last year.. ❤️ from Poland 🇵🇱

Ahahaha ))) Belonging: to Matrix )))

Brilliant. Profound.

Exodus fivesixfivesix I only sleep when I'm happy.

Why don't you sleep forever then ?

Exodus fivesixfivesix same here😂

Exodus fivesixfivesix coz that time our brain stop pooping ...

Exodus fivesixfivesix I'm not. I have stupid dreams all the time and it's really annoying.

Perhaps. However, one can note that our truest state of being is shrouded in a state of happiness. It is the straying away that keeps us agitates, and the returning that makes us who we are.

Reductionist read on it if you ask me

Great I agree with you thoughts

Happiness is not a state of mind it is a journey.

You didn't understand it

Nys

That’s so sweet! Wish you and your family a great enjoyable life Sis!

I freaking hate folding clothes please help :((

Eve Liau Absolutely right and almost impossible to do unless one is an exception

Well i guess then u only have option of deciding which expectation u wanna choose to fulfil

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I like how you think.

I dont agree, life has definitley meaning. That is worshipping the one and only God, who created life/us/everything.

@@miyara928 oh shut up

Sunshine God doesnt exist

​@@miyara928 I don't know how serious you want to go about this but I'll just leave it here. It's a very long understanding of why people don't want to agree with you. Sin has its roots so deep in this world right now, and people delight in it just as the Bible says they would. They don't want to change anything about themselves. Everything this woman in this is saying is just pointing to Jesus, she just doesn't realize it, but probably never considered that is where she was pointing to. But in general, most people in the world today wish to seek meaning aside from Jesus, because they want to have it their way rather than God's way. Obviously, God's way is "boring". It's the same deceptions as from Genesis 3, the same exact deceptions and curse govern the world but no one wants to believe that. Why not? You get to create your own meaning, everything is meant to fit you (and in some cases, God is created to fit you, in your image) and you don't have to answer to anyone else above you. It's makes people feel good, they create their own reality. Surely, they don't believe God can be good - as the serpent/shining one suggested, God is jealous of us and wants to prevent us from being like him. You didn't die because you're a sinner, you died because that's just how it is and there's no point to it other than what you want in it. People today would rather worship themselves and humanity. They think they're somehow better than the God who created all the universe, who knows all, and created us to be able to love, who is just in ways that we can't be because we still are evil. If we compared ourselves to God, we'd recognize our own imperfections and why we should die. But, no one wants to realize that about themselves. They want to think that they're just... right, humanity in all our failures somehow deserves to be recognized as equal with God. We don't want to compare ourselves to the God who created a creation that one would be tempted to worship, because that is declaration of a glory that is infinitely greater than even the creation - the heavens declare God's glory, yet it is only a small glimpse of him. People wouldn't feel so good, like they're so great, if they realized just how far they fall short of God. They'd rather live as the shining one told them to. They want to believe that they're accomplishing this all, that they're deserving and that they can create their meaning, their reality. It feels better to them, why would they want to think they need a savior? The serpent/shining one is perfectly aware of all this - pride was a cause of his own rebellion after all. The serpent/shining one took advantage of this and deceived the whole world the same exact way that he inspired the fall of man. It's all too easy, and it's all too easy to reject God. Again, God's way is boring, we have to submit to a greater power, it is so restraining in the eyes of the world, we're just not allowed to go and live the way we want. Imagine all the fun we'd have, all the ways we can make ourselves feel better - in our own way, paving our own path. Who the heck wants to live the way that God intended to be good when he created all things? Only some people want to do that, and submit to God fully. That was very long.

Thank you brother. Needed that :)

you know what you should be the one to the TED talk. I agree! belongingness seems forced, and i value solitude and love being alone. Even when you belong to a group or whatever it doesn't guarantee you happiness and doesn't give you meaning in life either. And Purpose? how will you know it? it's too ambiguous.

As you said, we should be open to change.....this is one of those changes. She is not prescribing ONE single formula, but something she has learned so far. I am sure, she will continue on learning herself. I am sure she is watching and listening to others as we have listened to her. She is right, belonging is very important. I am an introvert myself, but I know I "belong" to my family and they to me. I am connected with them and can depend on them and vice versa. And purpose doesn't have to be a singular, it can be many. And they don't have to be grand, like fighting poverty worldwide; they can be simple things......like donating to the local food pantry. Story telling.....I didn't think about that before, but I guess we do tell ourselves our own stories. She is still very young; I am sure life will teach her lot more. And finally, I agree that being content is much more important than being happy. Personal happiness should be a secondary goal; bringing joy and comfort to others should be the primary goal.

Gideon van der Merwe This "live without regrets" thing sounds to me like "do whatever the heck you want without caring If you're hurting anyone or about the consequences... it's a too big statement to just be thrown like sprinkle on a cake...

Cristina Bolba I don't think he meant that. "Never regret anything" is one of my mottos, and I use it to remind me that there is something to learn from every situation. Even though the decisions we have made can seem wrong from time to time, there is no point in regretting them, all we can do is use those experiences to grow.

Not really - if you are always satisfied, yes you will be happy but you will never progress, never achieve anything. You will exist, no difference between you and a tree

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