It seems that happiness is to a quite extraordinary degree a trait rather than a state. In other words, we are born happy, unhappy or somewhere in-between.and there it is...
I’m happy to say that I agree with this article...but dogs help, too.
It seems that happiness is to a quite extraordinary degree a trait rather than a state. In other words, we are born happy, unhappy or somewhere in-between.and there it is...
It would be amazing to see a study of “happy” people in relation to their acceptance and adherence to natural law which is Biblical law.
For example, I might desire to pursue a business because I am motivated and inspired by the service or product I am selling to the public. That inspiration is not purely materialistic (libertarian) but rather, is inspirational. Inspirational means that the product or service I am pursing will benefit humanity and my central motivation and happiness lies in that inspiration.
In American freedom’s ideology, I am free from oppression in order to establish that business and in natural law, I am free to benefit from the monetarily from that pursuit.
People who are unhappy reject natural law or are not capable of comprehending it. They become involved in “sins” against natural law blaming others for their lack of inspiration/success and deploy covetness in jealously of others who are able to engage natural law in their world view, minds, and lives.
For example, it is no mistake that the greens or watermelons suffer the unhappiness of jealously and fear for “capitalists” or those who have an inspiration that they pursue in freedom and that has economic and/or social rewards. Jealously in the spirit precludes inspiration or success and therefore, happiness.
The sin of coveting is the opposite of inspiration and the resulting wealth. We inherit these attitudes and understandings/knowledge/habits from our parents. In natural law, the sins of the fathers are passed on to their offspring.
But then there is also the sin of deceipt deployed by wealthy amoral theives. In deception, a business man or woman sees only profit as the goal - even if that is won based in an ability to trick people in order to rob them. An example of that would be the banksters who bundled and sold bad mortgages in order to make a profit knowing they were selling a bum deal and betraying the natural laws governing moral and successful banking.
These people are totally materially motivated and totally lack the inspiration of justice and morality needed for happiness. They are rich and unhappy and always pursuing total control over those they have robbed because they are in fear of meeting the justice dealt to theives. They are often megalomanics and in pursuit of the power of eugenics -the human power over life and death. Those who are self governing in happiness (natural law) are their biggest threat and enemies.
So it stands to reason that the state of happiness is in alignment with natural law and those people who are happy and those who are in rebellion of natural law (theives in capitalism or socialists who are fearful and resentful theives using centralized power) are materialistic and unhappy, jealous wannabe and amoral shady characters.
Unhappiness is a personality devoid of moral authority and well being and it’s intrinistic human value or worthiness. The quad who is happy knows his intrinsitic value as a human being under natural law and the quad who is sucidal only sees the material value of his existence devoid of the inspiration known by those who comprehend and live by natural law.