Discipline Your Thoughts— Pleasure Vs Happiness
The more a product gives us a dopamine rush, the more addictive it is. There is momentary gratification followed by regret. The more pleasure we seek, the unhappier we become.
The experience of happiness is very different from pleasure. Physiologically it is attributed not to dopamine but to serotonin. This is not an excitatory chemical but a pacifying one, it does not fire the neurons rather, it calms them down.
Do the opposite of mind's urges. Every time we resist the urge for momentary gratification, we break the mind's control over us.
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About 2500 thoughts run through our mind every hour. Even at this moment we are bombarded with them. Imagine their potential healing power if they are joyous and optimistic. This book took an in depth approach to understand our thoughts.
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