Habits of Happiness

Matthieu Ricard: Habits of happiness

What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Buddhist monk, photographer and authorMatthieu Ricard has devoted his life to these questions, and his answer is influenced by his faith as well as by his scientific turn of mind: We can train our minds in habits of happiness. Interwoven with his talk are stunning photographs of the Himalayas and of his spiritual community.

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Internet World Map 2007 -- North America and Europe concentrate the two largest groups of Internet assets with a total share of 22.5% for Europe and doubling this number 55.9% for North America.

A "dark side" to the internet suggests a strong link between time spent surfing the web and depression, say psychologists.

British scientists found that the longer people spent online, the less likely they were to be happy.

Read more at Yorkshire Evening Post

h/t: Urban Survival

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"You attract to you the predominant thoughts that you're holding in your awareness, whether those thoughts are conscious or unconscious." -- Michael Bernard Beckwith

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Gone fishing. ;) - c