Happiness

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Empathy is the ability to understand what others think and feel, and to respond to their thoughts and feelings with appropriate emotions. Individuals who feel empathy experience greater happiness and make friends more easily.

Mystic Mantra: Why we need an empathy revolution

The empathy that society needs is not a form that comes from superiority, but one that is born from a profound humility.

03 Mar 2020 3:02 AM

Hope symbolises a resolve, belief, or conviction. It propels us to believe in our dreams, vision, goals and ourselves. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Dwelling in possibility is hope fulfilled

Hope is not limited to a possibility synthesis.

21 Sep 2019 2:33 AM

Former President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Thursday that Gross Happiness is no less important than Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and its basic foundation is education. (Photo: File)

Gross Happiness is also important along with GDP: Pranab Mukherjee

Mukherjee greeted teachers on the occasion and said students should be encouraged to ask questions.

06 Sep 2019 9:08 AM

It just needs a little empathetic push to enable our mind to remain observant, resolute and interested in soaking up all of our life’s experiences like the sponge.

Mystic Mantra: Happiness is the objective of honourable thought

While not all of us are mystics, or yogis, we can seamlessly galvanise our attentive efforts with good values and serene compassion for others.

27 Aug 2019 12:24 AM

No one is so powerful as to be able to hate others without suffocating one’s own happiness and stifling one’s own personal growth.

Mystic Mantra: Forgiveness soothes the heart and cools the sting

Forgiveness puts the smile back on your lips and happiness into your heart.

04 Jul 2019 12:10 AM

The healthiest and happiest population subgroup is women who never married or had children. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Unmarried women without children are the happiest

An expert revealed that women without husbands and children are the happiest subgroup in the population demographic.

18 Jun 2019 3:43 PM

It is a known fact that everybody in this world has to experience their share of happiness, joy, pain and sorrow.

Mystic Mantra: Of the joys & sorrows in life

Suddenly, just one painful situation or incident erases all joyful memories of the past.

28 May 2019 2:01 AM

The idea of happiness is not a human universal that applies across all times and all cultures, but something that remains fluid through the eons.

Mystic Mantra: Why we should let go of our attachments

Gloom sets in when our conscience is stained by desires and impressions of worldliness.

08 May 2019 12:25 AM

It quantifies the purposeful idea of what living well is all about and also realigning things from the inside out. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Life is purpose personified

It is rightly said that life is only lived well when there is a good purpose — and, not necessarily wealth, or material comfort.

27 Feb 2019 3:05 AM

Essentially, unreal is anything that undergoes changes, modifications, is impermanent and short-lived. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Real happiness is in the ‘real’, not the ‘unreal’ world

This world is considered to be unreal and the atman (the pure divine self) is considered to be real.

20 Feb 2019 3:03 AM

Some doctors believe that it is more important to know the patient who has the disease.

The happiness workshop

The ancients believed that no attempt should be made to cure the body without treating the soul.

14 Jan 2019 12:06 AM

The reward, we would ask for our work, would be based on the amount of our work and not on the amount of happiness and satisfaction we gave. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: God gives in abundance

When our objective is to make people happy then we give them utmost happiness and in utmost happiness they also give us the utmost reward.

30 Oct 2018 5:17 AM

On her 85th birthday a woman was asked: “What’s the secret of your happiness?” She replied, “At our age, it’s important to keep using all our potential or it dries up. It is vital to be with people and earn one’s living.”

Mystic Mantra: Old is gold

You and I can decide whether we come under this category or not.

01 Oct 2018 5:58 AM

Listen to what the universe has to say to you, it can reveal a lot about where you need to be and what steps to take towards reaching your goals and happiness.

Communicate with the universe

If you are unhappy, it’s a sign that you aren’t on the right path and need to make changes.

27 Sep 2018 6:03 AM

A general happiness goal can leave a longer-lasting positive emotional imprint. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's how you make happiness last longer

Findings suggest that people can change the amount of happiness they get out of an experience.

19 Sep 2018 5:16 PM

The new millennium package has come with the fabric of time stupendously shrunk.

Stop, take a break and think

For a happy life and a healthy relationship one needs to take a break from trying to be perfect and enjoy the moment.

12 Sep 2018 12:41 AM

It is usually believed that a person is happy when they are engaging with another person or group of people.

Here's why smiling doesn't indicate happiness

Human-Computer Interaction experiments showed, smiling is not driven by happiness; it is associated with subjective engagement.

08 Sep 2018 8:32 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Goats prefer happy people, new study finds

A new study provides the first evidence of how goats read human emotional expressions.

29 Aug 2018 12:46 PM

Sweet dreams all about peace of mind

Researchers propose that individuals with higher levels of peace of mind may be better able to regulate their emotions.

26 Aug 2018 11:24 AM

Loneliness in the modern world of instant connectivity is a totally paradoxical problem and is certainly a matter of concern. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: The loneliness and happiness

Today’s scenario is that India is also on the path of becoming more and more affluent and less and happy.

07 Aug 2018 1:04 AM

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