Assisting the misconceptionthat happiness is the goal of life.

If you have actually read a few of my other blog sitepieces you will see that I regularly state that thereis a state beyond happiness that can be the very best goal inlife. On the other hand mainstream science hasyet to catch up to this truth. One current trendin psychology is to look at the amount of joy individuals experience. I stumbled uponthe most recommended test and decided to take it.

I recommend that you take the test likewise to see where it puts youin their scale of happiness.

This how the test exists in the BBC News story:

"Psychologists say it is possible to determine your joy.

This test created by psychologist Professor Ed Diener fromthe University of Illinois, takes just a minute to complete.

To find out how happy you are just take a look at the 5 statements listed below and decide whether you concur or disagree using a 1-7 scale.

Kindly be open and honest in your reacting - remember youranswers are entirely personal.

Once you have actually responded to all 5 questions press send and we will determine your score. You will certainly then be able to read Professor Diener's analysis." Source BBC

The link to the test is here

When I got my results back I discovered that I was Extremely Pleased:

People who score in this range like their lives andfeel that things are going extremely well. Your life is notperfect, however you feel it is about as good as lifegets. Moreover, just since you are pleased does not imply you are contented. In fact, growth and obstaclemight be part of the reason you are satisfied. For manypeople in this high-scoring range, life is pleasurable, and the significant domains of life are workingout - work or school, household, friends, leisure, andpersonal development.

The issue that I see with this test is that they suggest for me toscore this high my life needs to be going well, work,family and friends. In fact my joy does not depend on any of those aspects. My life is happy since my internal area enjoys. I have been happy even when I had no work or money or good friends!

Sadly tests and details such as this examination support and promote the misconception that happiness depends on the external world ofgood, tasks, friends and family. In fact ourlife obstacle is to rise up and move beyond this reliance to the place where we are cheerful, happy and joyous for no factor, and continue withthat energy when others find need to be sad!

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