The Happiness Podcast
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48 - A Guided Meditation for the Pandemic
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04/09/20 • 11 min
Yesterday you had occasions to be happy that you weren’t even conscious of. Do you see them now? It is inconceivable that anyone could be grateful and unhappy. Thank the Lord for each event of yesterday and notice the effect this has on you. And the things you call unpleasant, undesirable — search for the good that comes from these ... the seeds for growth they carry ... and find reason to be grateful for them too. Finally, see yourself moving through each portion of today in gratitude —and happiness.
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104 - We Don’t Want to be Happy; We Want Things
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11/30/21 • 1 min
A big part of why our life is a mess. It's because we don’t want to be happy; we don’t want to be at peace. We've been programmed by society want other things. Money, power, reputation. Admit it! You've been trained to believe that you cannot be happy until or unless you get this thing or that person and this result. The irony is you are happy already but don't know it.
120 - Does Dropping Attachments Mean Detachment from the World?
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05/03/22 • 2 min
Does the dropping of attachments mean detachment from the material world? No. One uses the material world, one enjoys the material world, but one doesn’t make one’s happiness depend on the material world. You really begin to enjoy things when you’re unattached because attachment brings anxiety. If you’re anxious when you’re holding on to something, you can hardly enjoy it. It's not a withdrawal from enjoyment; it’s a withdrawal from possessiveness, anxiety, tension, and the loss of something.
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111 - Lent Series - The Absolute
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03/03/22 • 18 min
God says, “Give me your heart.” And then, in answer to my puzzlement, I hear him say, “Your heart is where your treasure is.” My treasures—here they are: persons...places...occupations ...things ... experiences of the past... the future’s hopes and dreams. I pick each treasure up, starting with the past and something near me says, " In the measure that your heart is in past treasures you are fossilized and dead, and then it moves to the next treasure with yet another admonition.
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116 - What’s So Funny?
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03/31/22 • 5 min
A Japanese master woke up each morning laughing a great belly laugh that resounded through the monastery, waking up the other monks. The monks wondered what made the master laugh but he wouldn’t say. For millennia, mystics have posed the question to seekers: “Why are you unhappy? Why are you scared?” Until we've seen Reality, it makes sense to us to feel unsafe; to be unhappy. Yet it's as silly as a fish afraid of drowning. This is what the master was laughing at.
117 -A Matter of Life or Death
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04/08/22 • 4 min
Where there is love, there is no desire. I am referring to desire in the sense of attachment. Where there is attachment there is fear. Love begins where attachments end. You know what society will tell you? “Attachment is love.” Are you really expecting to find life here? You can find only manipulation, seduction, and control. You can find only death and misery. The death of happiness, the death of innocence, the death of freedom, the death of authenticity.
108 - Enlightened Self-Interest
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02/23/22 • 0 min
Charity is really self-interest masquerading under the form of altruism. There are three types of selfishness. The first type is the one where I give myself the pleasure of pleasing myself. That’s what we generally call self-centeredness. The second is when I give myself the pleasure of pleasing others. That would be a more refined kind of selfishness. The third is I give something, I get something. That’s beautiful. That’s true. That’s real. That isn’t charity, that’s enlightened self-interest.
123 - An Exercise in Enlightment
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05/25/22 • 7 min
When I try to change what I dislike in me by fighting it I merely push it underground. If I accept it, it will surface and evaporate. What I resist will stubbornly persist. I consider the example of Jesus, who sets himself the task of moving mountains and battles with exasperating foes. Yet even in his anger he is loving—he combines a keen desire for change with an acceptance of reality as it is. I try to be like him. I start with feelings I dislike.
125 - One Step to Freedom
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06/10/22 • 2 min
It often takes a midlife crisis to realize that nothing of the world can make you happy or set you free. Through one step - the step called awareness - you come to see that you are free and happy already just the way you are and always have been but you didn’t see it because you are always focused on what you don’t have instead of what you have. Waking up is seeing that right here, right now you have everything you need to be free, happy and at peace.
103 - Where Does Self-Worth Come From?
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11/15/21 • 1 min
Where does self-worth comes from, Anthony DeMello asks: "Do you get it from success in your work? Do you get it from having a lot of money? Do you get it from attracting a lot of men if you’re a woman or a lot of women if you’re a man?" How fragile all that is, how transitory.
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How many episodes does The Happiness Podcast have?
The Happiness Podcast currently has 141 episodes available.
What topics does The Happiness Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Christianity, Buddhism, Religion & Spirituality and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on The Happiness Podcast?
The episode title '48 - A Guided Meditation for the Pandemic' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Happiness Podcast?
The average episode length on The Happiness Podcast is 6 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Happiness Podcast released?
Episodes of The Happiness Podcast are typically released every 7 days, 3 hours.
When was the first episode of The Happiness Podcast?
The first episode of The Happiness Podcast was released on Apr 10, 2019.
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