Category: philosophical counseling
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Happiness Is A Life Having Come Together Into A Whole
Dear friend, As for the Signal recording, sorry about that. Obviously, I’m not sure what happened. The basic line of thought was this one: 1.) Let’s suppose, as a child, that you begin thinking about happiness. Naturally, it occurs to you that happiness is pleasure. (This is essentially what Epicureans, or followers of Epicurus, said…
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Happiness Means What Is Best For Me So Far
Nicholas White’s conclusion in his fine book, A Brief History of Happiness, is too quick. His overview of this history sounds like this: That idea of the concept of happiness looks as follows. A person has various aims, desires, aspirations, things that he regards as worthwhile, things that he enjoys, and so on. Not knowing…
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Renunciation Or Expansion Of Love And Affection?
The following is an excerpt from Ramanananda Swarnagiri’s Crumbs from his Table (2017; 10th edition), p. 42. It is a satsang between the writer and Sri Ramana Maharshi: D[isciple]: I have a good mind to resign from service and remain constantly with Sri Bhagavan [Ramana Maharshi] B [Ramana]: Bhagavan is always with you, in you,…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 