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In Search of Happiness
There has been an unprecedented explosion of interest in the pursuit of happiness. What are scientists learning? Is the quest for happiness appropriate and useful in a time of global ...
- Publications Articles
- Spring 2009
- 6 pages
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The Happiness Trip
A Scientific Journey
The search for happiness is quintessentially human—a concept that figures foremost among our deepest desires, yet an emotion late to evolve and as yet barely understood.
- Publications Books
- June 18, 2007
- 160 pages
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"Raising Happiness" with Christine Carter
Simple Tips for a More Joyful Family
Drawing on what science tells us about the factors that breed happiness in childhood and beyond, Dr. Christine Carter teaches us simple seeds we can sow in our children’s lives that set the stage for their optimism, emotional health, and confidence—while helping us become happier parents at the same time!
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2010-05-12
- 00:59:11
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"The Perfection of Health" with Elliott Dacher
In this engaging dialogue with IONS President Marilyn Schlitz, Dr. Dacher describes our conception of health not as something to be fixed but revealed. Our human potential is limitless, yet we tend to deny our precious opportunity to gain vast, profound, and enduring health, happiness, and wholeness.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2007-06-13
- 01:06:32
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"The Perfection of Health" with Elliott Dacher (excerpt)
In this engaging dialogue, Dr. Dacher describes our conception of health as something not to be fixed but revealed. Our human potential is limitless, he says, yet we tend to deny our precious opportunity to gain vast, profound, and enduring health, happiness, and wholeness.
- Audio Shorts
- 2007-06-13
- 00:04:46
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Awakening to Truth course (class 7 of 8)
Living Life
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Week 7 of the course Awakening to Truth.
This week we deepen our connection with ourselves, our lives, and our relationship with the God of our understanding. We trust at a deeper level that Life is for us and never against us. Knowing that happiness is under our control, we make the conscious decision to stay peaceful and happy, no matter what is happening in our lives.
- Audio Awakening to Truth
- 2012-01-11
- 00:45:02
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"Consciousness, Healing and Happiness" with Frances Vaughan
Why does consciousness matter? Recognizing that we all participate in the evolution of consciousness makes a tremendous difference to our individual and collective wellbeing. As individuals we know that a ...
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2011-06-01
- 00:55:42
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"Noetic Patriotism" with John White
America and the Politics of Enlightenment
John White maintains that (1) the spiritual foundations of America are congruent with those of the Perennial Philosophy, which emphasizes enlightenment as the key to world peace and happiness, and (2) the Perennial Philosophy is embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, which together provide a theory and practice of enlightened government.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2010-03-11
- 01:02:33
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Shift Issue 22
IN SEARCH OF HAPPINESS
by Vesela SimicTWIN TELEPATHY AND THE ILLUSION OF SEPARATION
by Diane H. PowellTHE ADAPTIVE ORGANIZATION
by Carol MaseA QUIET REVOLUTION: AN INTERVIEW WITH ADYASHANTI
by Steve DonosoFrontiers of Research
The Return of Psychedelic Research
by Cassandra Vieten, PhD- Spring 2009
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Taking in the Good course (class 7 of 8)
From "Greed" to Happiness
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Week 7 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This class deals with neural nodes of liking and wanting, managing grasping for what’s pleasant, taking in goal attainment, and feeling glad, grateful, and fulfilled.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-04-25
- 01:26:59
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"Optimal Health and Human Flourishing" with Elliott Dacher (class 3 of 8)
The End of Suffering
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Week 3 of the course Optimal Health and Human Flourishing.
This class explores the way to progressively alleviate stress, and suffering while simultaneously promoting the qualities of human flourishing – optimal health, enduring happiness, and a stable and profound peace of mind, body, and spirit.
- Audio Optimal Health
- 2011-10-14
- 01:51:58
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"The Buddha's Brain" with Rick Hanson
The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and other great teachers were all born with a brain built essentially like anyone else’s. Then they used their minds to change their brains in ...
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2010-07-14
- 01:06:50
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Taking in the Good course (class 1 of 8)
The Enchanted Loom
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Week 1 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This first class addresses brain basics, including how the mind changes the brain, getting on your own side, and self-compassion.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-03-14
- 01:15:44
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Taking in the Good course (class 2 of 8)
The Power of Mindfulness
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Week 2 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This class looks at the critical role of attention in changing the brain, neurological diversity: from “turtles” to “jackrabbits,” and brain-savvy ways to deepen mindfulness.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-03-21
- 01:36:02
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Taking in the Good course (class 4 of 8)
Resourcing Yourself
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Week 4 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This class focuses on the importance of inner resources, and turning toward the good facts in the world, relationships, and yourself. Working with methods of clearing obstructions to taking in the good.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-04-04
- 01:23:35
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Taking in the Good course (class 5 of 8)
Filling the Hole in Your Heart
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Week 5 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This class deals with how losses and wounds affect us. Key “antidote experiences” for disturbances in the brain’s avoiding, approaching, and attaching systems. How to pair positive and negative experiences to heal distress and dysfunction.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-04-11
- 01:37:18
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Taking in the Good course (class 6 of 8)
From "Hatred" to Peace
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Week 6 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This class, guest-taught by Cassandra Vieten, PhD, focuses on activating the calming, soothing parasympathetic nervous system, building inner strength, feeling safer, managing aversion to what’s unpleasant, and giving no one cause to fear you.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-04-18
- 01:24:42
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Taking in the Good course (class 8 of 8)
From Heartache to Love
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Week 8 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This final class of this series focuses on healthy narcissistic supplies, managing longing for what’s intimate, feeling seen, included, valued, and loved, and why a healthy brain is a benevolent one.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-05-02
- 01:36:21
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Spiritual Evolution
A Scientific Defense of Faith
In our current era of holy terror, passionate faith has come to seem like a present danger. Writers such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens have been happy to throw the baby out with the bathwater and declare ...
- Publications Books
- May 20, 2008
- 256 pages