http://www.femefashions.com/feme/blogs/pursuit-happiness/ http://www.femefashions.com/feme/blogs/pursuit-happiness/ The search to know what exactly makes a person happy is as old as humanity. Some think it is in genes, some believe the actions of a person makes him happy and unhappy and few think material possessions and sensual pleasures bring happiness. It seems researchers in the recent years are zeroing on happiness origins. This blog focuses on topics that makes you happy or unhappy and helps you to explore the elements that make you happy. en http://backend.userland.com/rss2 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:09:39 +0500
If you want to sooth your nerves or ease your blood pressure, it is a good idea to take up a promenade into woods. The conference says, forests not only lifts up your moods, but also several chemicals into air that acts against several cancers.
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The suicide of Viveka, Kamasutra condom supermodel, is just one of the many examples. It is not to say that people with wealth and beautiful body figures are not happy. If there is some inner equilibrium, and if the core of the person is well composed of happiness and clarity, the other external things will enhance it. Most of the glam world stars live far away from themselves. Though we cannot say what exactly prompted her to end the life, it is an end reaction of the feeling that no amount of happiness is possible with this life.
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If you cannot move many face muscles, you cannot smile happily. As you cannot smile happily, there is an underlying cause at your emotional world. There must be something wrong there. In fact, this link is found in a study of Botox, which actually paralyses the muscles in the area. The purpose is to cure wrinkles. But the side effect is that you cannot show up emotions.

Facial expressions act as feed back mechanism to the brain. So, keep smiling and avoid frowning.
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On 10/10/10 and on the 27th, organisers of the event planned a Viral Global Campaign. The core aspect of this event is that one person’s happiness (http://www.globalhappinesssummit.org) triggers a chain reaction that benefits not only his friends, but his friends’ friends, and his friends’ friends’ friends. This relay effect can be felt and measured upto three levels according to the researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego.

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As habits and influences spread in closely knitted groups, most important of them are friendship groups, lifestyle outcomes like obesity, losing weight, happiness or otherwise spread in these groups. Though they are not contagious flu or viral diseases, many habits and their outcomes of lifestyles spread like flu. These scientists conclude social networks are bad as they spread flu type viruses so quickly. But at the same time they are very good if the happiness is to be distributed.

So be in social networks that generate good vibes to feel and spread happiness. Start spreading the infection of your smile.
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Indian society is said to be more liberal in terms of relationships. But in many cases, neighbours and society will not reflect this. Unless there is prostitution, or unlawful activities, why somebody should bother about relationships of others.

This happened in case of Khusboo when she expressed such views in her interviews. Many found fault in her and filed criminal cases. Finally, Supreme Court endorsed Khushboo's view and proclaimed living together is not an offence.

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The same is the case with Indian urbanites. When people are getting enough incomes to meet their costs of living, a gradual shift takes place from earning to quality of life. spending some quality of life with family is also part of quality of life, which urban middle class people are not getting.
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According to the study, this works in reverse direction also. Try to be happy and keep your heart cheerful. In the 10 year study by the Columbia University, the prime finding was that the sufferers of cardiac ailments were not the happy people. Happiest people have not experienced cardiac problems much.
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According to this study, when we are sad, we turn to familiar things and comfort foods. These findings are important for interpersonal relationships and persuasion professions.

Companies introduce novel products in the backdrop of happy environment that encourage a happy and playful mood. While doing so they know that people will not try new things if the mood around that is not happy.

As predicted, saddened participants showed the classic preference for the familiar, even smiling at the sight of familiar patterns. A happy mood, however, eliminated the preference.

"When you're happy," researchers say, "known things, familiar things lose their appeal. Novelty, on the other hand, becomes more attractive.
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Dopamine, a brain chemical, plays a key role in experiencing life as rewarding and stimulating. Researchers Dr. Martinez and colleagues found that increased social status and increased social support is directly proportionate to the density of dopamine in the region of brain responsible for the feeling of life fulfillment.

In simple words, people who climb up the ladder of social status experience life filled with more completeness and satisfaction. In the words of Martinez, low levels of dopamine receptors were common in people of lower rung of the society.

So we remember once again we are social creatures. Let us enjoy being in the midst of people. Sangham Saranam Gachchami.
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