Philosophy is play doh for my brain. Happiness is a choice. It isn't always easy to make that choice though.
I don't understand. Philosophy is play doh? As something that effectively molds your brain and the way you carry your life, or simply as a curious pastime?
Happiness is a choice. And philosophy is also about choice. I'm not talking about discussing philosophy...but about living philosophy.
Like Diogenes of Sinope or some other loser/hero (person).
Philosophy is just the love and pursuit of 'wisdom' and 'knowledge' - which to me is play doh for the mind. Philosophy is something to play with until you decide what you believe, which becomes your "worldview".
Exactly, and deciding what you believe is your worldview is important....what is then, in your opinion, best belief to be happy?
Pixelholic said:Probably would depend on what someone considered happiness to be.
Personally I find comfort in post-structuralist theories that kind of veer towards entropy or lack of ideology. Anything that refutes ideological truth and breaks down things like "wrong" and "right" make me happy.
I think you are asking what/who my belief that 'happiness is a choice' is based on? If so, then Yahweh God. He said 'in whatever state you find yourself in, be content'. Happiness is not something you pursue (though many do to no avail) - you can't buy it, you can't meditate or think your way to it, it is simply a choice.
Redbone: I find that quite impossible. No expectation, means no visualization...I can't reality what I want it to be....and I'm a slave to reality. Talk about tragic existence....