Finding Happiness May Be
Simpler Than You Imagine

After years of trying to be happy, I had a realisation which had a profound and immediate impact on my own experience of happiness. It was so simple and obvious I couldn't believe I hadn't seen it before.

I discovered that finding happiness is not only possible for anyone, but far simpler than you may imagine. I had simply been looking in the wrong place!

"There is only
one cause of unhappiness:
the false beliefs
you have in your
head, beliefs so widespread, so
commonly held,
that it never
occurs to you
to question them.”
– Anthony de Mello

There are two basic paths to finding happiness:

• the path of seeking to change ourselves and/or our lives
• the path of self-awareness or self-knowledge.

The first is based on DOING and the second on BEING. The first requires time and effort, the second is effortless and immediate.

We will take a look at both paths in detail.

The Path of Self-Improvement
This is the conventional approach to finding happiness; the path of learning to consciously change your responses to the events that show up in your life. Whatever you are experiencing in any given moment, there are always choices you can make to increase (or decrease) your level of happiness. Happy people consistently make choices which support their happiness.

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be - Abraham Lincoln

taking responsibility ...being a creator rather than a victim
are you choosing happiness... or listening to a broken record?
the power of gratitude... focus on the good that already exists in your life
self-acceptance ...finding yourself innocent of all charges!

The Path of Self-Awareness
As beneficial as it is, changing our mental patterns and responses to life requires time, effort and commitment and keeps a permanent state of happiness out of reach, to be experienced in some future moment. The mind, by nature, will quite simply NEVER be fully satisfied.

Changing our relationship WITH the mind through self-awareness can bring about the most remarkable and immediate transformation.... without anything needing to change about yourself or your life! The tiniest shift in perception can change everything in an instant.

Through understanding how the mind works and "seeing through" the beliefs that cause unhappiness, you become free of it ... forever. There is nothing to change, nothing to fix and no time is required.

It is not our thoughts and emotions which cause unhappiness, but the thoughts ABOUT the thoughts.
Without judgement, there is only peace.

taming the monkey mind... turn the monkey into a pussy cat
mindfulness... witnessing the mind objectively and without judgement
the benefits of meditation... the fast track to inner peace and well-being.
being happy here and now is childs play!

I hope you enjoy the site. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. :-)

So, let's get started!