Useful Envy

Question: Why do people want to be other people and are not happy with themselves? Answer: We can’t help it, we are “programmed” in such a way. Our inherently self-serving, self-justifying nature constantly measures itself to others in order to prove that it is better, higher, greater, richer, etc than others. Our political, marketing systems, … More Useful Envy

Like A Child

Question: Does maintaining a childlike personality make a person happier with their lives overall? As in smiling a lot, being intellectually curious, living in the moment, being creative and looking on the bright side. I’m not talking about being childish. Answer: Yes. Maintaining a “childlike attitude” – constantly being curious, ready to learn, ready to … More Like A Child

Hardwired For Happiness

Question: How much do you value happiness? Answer: I value happiness as the most important notion, the purpose of our existence. We are “hardwired” to constantly search for, work for reaching happiness. Moreover in our “Human software” we are programmed in a way that we cannot find rest, satisfaction until we reach perfect, infinite happiness. … More Hardwired For Happiness

Learning From The Past, In Order To Act Now, To Gain Confidence About The Future

Question: Why is thinking about the past and future makes you a little anxious and depress? Thus when you think about the present, it makes you happy and appreciate life. Answer: Probably we equate the “present” with a temporary comfort zone, where we can rest, hide. Going back into the past or preparing for the … More Learning From The Past, In Order To Act Now, To Gain Confidence About The Future

Desired Outcome

Question: What do you need to live the kind of life you desire? Answer: In order to live a life we desire we need to learn what and how to desire. We exist in an absolutely perfect, “benevolent” Natural system that is full of abundance and it contains the blueprints, solutions for everything conceivable. But … More Desired Outcome

Dangerous Avoidance

Question: What is something everyone believes but nobody talks about? Answer: I think by now we all feel, believe that in order to survive we will need to give up our prideful individualism and we will need to learn how to build unity, mutually responsible and mutually complementing cooperation above remaining differences and despite the … More Dangerous Avoidance

No Deal

Question: Would you rather live a long life of playing it safe or live a short life of happiness and doing whatever you want? Answer: While it is a nice philosophical question, it is not realistic. We underestimate our nature, the engine that drives us. Our insatiable egoistic being, a “black hole-like” desire for pleasures … More No Deal