Breaking Free from Happiness: Relativity and the Pie of Happiness.”
What is happiness?
The answer to this question naturally seems to vary from person to person.
It may differ according to age, according to ideology, and according to various positions.
The value of “happiness” as perceived by each of us may be as different as, for example, the Thai baht, the US dollar, the British pound, or the rate of the European euro.
Despite this, many people are under the illusion that they and others have the same standard of happiness. And they seem to be competing with each other to see who is “happier”.
What comes to mind here are the concepts of “relativity of happiness” and “pie of happiness.
According to the theory of relativity of happiness, our sense of happiness is formed relative to our relationships with others.
Despite this, many people are under the illusion that they and others have the same standard of happiness. And they seem to be competing with each other to see who is “happier”.
What comes to mind here are the concepts of “relativity of happiness” and “pie of happiness.
According to the theory of relativity of happiness, our sense of happiness is formed relative to our relationships with others.
For example, the “Theory of Relativity of Happiness” says that the “happy moments” of others that we see on social networking sites are compared to our own current situation, and our sense of happiness decreases relatively.
In other words, happiness is relative, like a seesaw.
Is happiness really a seesaw?
On the other hand, the “pie of happiness” concept is the idea that happiness is limited to a certain amount.
In other words, “happiness” is like a game of musical chairs, the notion that “when someone sits down, someone else can’t.”
When someone is happy, someone else is unhappy.
Is this really true?
Is there no possibility that our happiness could be shared and further amplified like a merry-go-round we ride around together?
Shift from “happiness to show” to “happiness to feel
Happiness also seems to change a lot depending on how we perceive it.
Happiness to show: others are necessary
Happiness that you feel…others are unnecessary.
If we don’t put an end to the happiness that is not possible without others, there will be no limit to its fulfillment, just like money, won’t there?
Just like dressing up in brand-name products to look good, we want to be envied by others by wearing “happiness,” and how ridiculous it is to continue chasing the illusion of “happiness” by leaving it up to others.
This is a foolish thing to do.
Is that so? Isn’t “happiness” an illusion created by someone else, a concept that never existed in the first place? I think, “Well, that’s it!
It is easier to think of it as “desire” rather than “happiness”.
“Desire” is a repetition of depletion and satisfaction.
It is like the waxing and waning of the moon and the ebb and flow of the tide.
Also it is like the waves that come and go.
Excessive happiness transmission is a negative link in the human food chain: mental illness happiness addiction.
The “exposure of happiness” we see on social networking sites can actually be seen as part of a food chain that has fallen into the trap of capitalism.
Many people try to show off their happiness to others through social status and material wealth, which is actually a kind of social competition, based on comparison with others.
This phenomenon is similar to the metaphor of the food chain in human society.
In the food chain, organisms seek to survive by exploiting other organisms, but in a social context, people seek to establish their own status and happiness through the evaluation and comparison of others.
This is a way of life that focuses on gaining external approval, emphasizing the gaze and evaluation of others.
True happiness does not come from external evaluations or comparisons with others.
Happiness is felt from within oneself and is not intended to appeal to others.
Truthfulness and self-acceptance of one’s inner self and a focus on the small daily moments of joy and gratitude make it possible to find a small sense of happiness.
Capitalist trap
We have learned that happiness is not sustainable, but is present in the moment of our daily lives.
So, why are we lulled into the illusion that happiness is felt through material things and comparisons with others?
It is simply because we have been brainwashed by advertising.
We have been fed the desire to want, not whether we really need it or not.
Television, movies, the Internet, and various other media brainwash us. The source of that media is the capitalists.
In conclusion, we are being preyed upon by those higher up the food chain,
or we are falling into the trap of capitalism.
Need to reconcile with ourselves, not compete with social expectations
Thus, modern society often presents glamorous weddings, luxury cars,
brand-name products, etc. are presented as symbols of “happiness.
However, these are based on social expectations,
can cause us to lose sight of true happiness.
Rather, the very concept of “happiness” is an illusion,
and The very idea that “people have the right to live happily” is brainwashing.
It is because they are pursuing a concept that is not supposed to exist, such as happiness,
People do not know what to seek, and repeat the foolish acts of buying luxury goods and trying to look good to others.
Therefore, the first step is to distance oneself from excessive information about happiness, to calm down and say, “I am fine just as I am,” and to reconcile with oneself and self-acceptance.
Daily joy is something we determine for ourselves.
I said that happiness is an illusion, but if happiness were to be defined in terms of brain science, it would be the production of the brain substance dopamine.
Neuroscientists believe that happiness is simply “the production of a substance in the brain that makes people feel good.” A very simple conclusion.
According to this conclusion, simply “feeling good” = “happiness,” and the timeless happiness can be traced to “food and sex.
How simple it is!
Of course, the great pleasure and satisfaction once obtained cannot last forever.
It is a great comfort to know that there is no such thing as “happiness that lasts forever.
