Section 3: Detailed Reading Through such interests a man comes to feel himself part of the stream of life, not a hard separate entity like a billiard-ball, which can have no relation with other such entities except that of collision. All unhappiness depends upon some kind of disintegration or lack of integration; there is disintegration within the self through lack of coordination between the conscious and the unconscious mind: there is lack of integration between the self and society where the two are not knit together by the force of objective interests and affections
Section 3: Detailed Reading Through such interests a man comes to feel himself part of the stream of life, not a hard separate entity like a billiard-ball, which can have no relation with other such entities except that of collision. All unhappiness depends upon some kind of disintegration or lack of integration; there is disintegration within the self through lack of coordination between the conscious and the unconscious mind; there is lack of integration between the self and society where the two are not knit together by the force of objective interests and affections
Section 3: Detailed Reading The happy man is the man who does not suffer from either of these failures of unity, whose personality is neither divided against itself nor pitted against the world. Such a man feels himself a citizen of the universe, enjoying freely the spectacle that it offers and the joys that it affords, untroubled by the thought of death because he feels himself not really separate from those who will come after him. It is in such profound instinctive union with the stream of life that the greatest joy is to be found QUESTION ACTIVITY
Section 3: Detailed Reading The happy man is the man who does not suffer from either of these failures of unity, whose personality is neither divided against itself nor pitted against the world. Such a man feels himself a citizen of the universe, enjoying freely the spectacle that it offers and the joys that it affords, untroubled by the thought of death because he feels himself not really separate from those who will come after him. It is in such profound instinctive union with the stream of life that the greatest joy is to be found. QUESTION ACTIVITY
Section 3: Detailed Reading What is the chief cause of unhappiness when actual circumstances are not unfavorable? (Paragraph 1) Provided that the circumstances are not unfortunate the main cause of unhappiness lies in self-centered passions and interests that make a prison where one is shut out from the outside world
Section 3: Detailed Reading What is the chief cause of unhappiness when actual circumstances are not unfavorable? (Paragraph 1) Provided that the circumstances are not unfortunate, the main cause of unhappiness lies in self-centered passions and interests that make a prison where one is shut out from the outside world
Section 3: Detailed Reading How can one conquer all difficulties and reach the objective of happiness?(Paragraph 4) The first thing, of course, is to diagnose correctly his own trouble, and then to take corresponding actions. To sum up, the solution is to develop genuine interests, and thereby get outside of ones own closed world
Section 3: Detailed Reading How can one conquer all difficulties and reach the objective of happiness? (Paragraph 4 ) The first thing, of course, is to diagnose correctly his own trouble, and then to take corresponding actions. To sum up, the solution is to develop genuine interests, and thereby get outside of one’s own closed world
Section 3: Detailed Reading Why does traditional moralists' preaching fail to generate happiness?(Paragraph 6) Professional or traditional moralists tend to preach self-denial and according to the author have misplaced the emphasis. Conscious self-denial leaves a man self-absorbed and vividly aware of what he has sacrificed; therefore, he cannot really feel happy
Section 3: Detailed Reading Why does traditional moralists’ preaching fail to generate happiness? (Paragraph 6) Professional or traditional moralists tend to preach self-denial and, according to the author, have misplaced the emphasis. Conscious self-denial leaves a man self-absorbed and vividly aware of what he has sacrificed; therefore, he cannot really feel happy