Meditation isn’t specifically about happiness

Happiness, like other emotions, is not something you acquire. It is something you are.
This implies that happiness is not a goal that you can reach. It is a side effect of a particular set of ongoing life experiences.

• Be interested in something beyond yourself. Go into the world instead of looking at yourself.
• Try not to be so obsessed with happiness. Life is not just about being happy.
• If you pursue valuable and meaningful activities, you will attain happiness as a side effect more tha...

We know that happiness is a good thing, but we also know from research that people who pursue happiness directly end up unhappy and are more likely to experience depression.

The way to find happiness is to pursue it indirectly. Using the SPIRE model can trigger the antifragile sys...