The Nature of Happiness (Little Book Matters) by Desmond Morris
By Desmond Morris
What's happiness? right here, one of many world’s most well known behavioral scientists tackles this age-old query. He exhibits that there are various methods of attaining happiness; for instance, there's the inherent happiness that includes the affection of a kid; the aggressive happiness of prevailing over your rivals; the sensual happiness of the hedonist. instead of preaching a specific habit or lifestyle, Morris presents wisdom that we will use, if we want, to make ourselves happier.
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To outsiders, this is always seen as a carefully planned procedure with laudable end-goals that will benefit mankind. CEREBRAL HAPPINESS The Intellectual Because the human brain has become so enlarged during the course of evolution, it has now reached the stage where it can create a feeling of happiness simply by playing games with itself. These games vary from the most trivial — card games and computer games — to the most profound: artistic creativity and scientific research. There are those who will argue that all such activities have an ulterior motive (winning a contest, making money or advancing one's career), but these are by-products.
With countless museums, exhibitions and art publications available to us, we have no excuse if we allow this form of cerebral pleasure to pass us by. The same is true of other art forms. Modern recording techniques, for example, have advanced to such a state that we could, if we wished, enjoy the abstract sound patterns that we refer to' as music, from waking to sleeping every day. In his entire life, Van Gogh sold only one picture, yet today his works have fetched the highest prices at auction of any artist in the history of the world.
This is a vital self-protection system that helps us to escape injury or distress. It is the most basic of all survival systems and one can see it operating even among the lowest forms of animal life. And yet, despite this, some strange human adults turn this system on its head and seek 75 The Nature of Happiness out pain as a means to achieving a state of ecstatic pleasure. In bizarre sado-masochistic rituals, they have themselves tied up and beaten, or physically tormented in other ways. This is a rare form of happiness, but for those involved it means a great deal, and cannot be ignored.