By Jill Suttie — 2020
Our emotional well-being can benefit the people around us.
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Ed Diener, Ph.D., ("Dr. Happy"), speaking to his research on happiness that spans over three decades. He discusses the link of "reverse causality" between positive emotions and positive character.
Can individual happiness and societal happiness increase? The science of subjective well-being—happiness, life satisfaction and positive feelings—has grown enormously in the last decade.
- Why is happiness important? - What contributes to happiness personally and in society? - What are the positive outcomes associated with increased levels of happiness? - Is there an optimal level of happiness? Professor Ed Diener, world’s foremost expert on the science of happiness and life...
Venerable Thubten Chodron speaking on Bodhicitta and relationships.
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We are taught to study, to learn, and to let ourselves grow Jewishly.
In this short and inspiring text, Rabbi David J. Wolpe addresses all who seek to enlarge the spiritual side of their lives.
These meditations, based upon the principle articles of the Nicene Creed, were originally presented by Evelyn Underhill (1875 – 1941) at a retreat she conducted at her beloved Pleshy, a small village in England that was the site of her conversion to the Christian faith.
Offers the voice of a modern pioneer responsible for the rediscovery of mysticism in everyday life.
Concerning the Inner Life with the House of the Soul.
Brief extracts from the Underhill book, Fruits of the Spirit, first published in 1942, the year after Underhill's death. Each of these brief pieces is actually a meditation on some aspect of the spiritual life, and makes excellent devotional reading.