Helping the misconceptionthat happiness is the objective of life.

If you have actually read a few of my other blog sitepieces you will see that I regularly say that thereis a state beyond joy that can be the very best objective inlife. On the other hand traditional science hasyet to reach this reality. One present trendin psychology is to take a look at the quantity of joy individuals experience. I foundthe most suggested test and chose to take it.

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

This how the test exists in the BBC News story:

"Psychologists state it is possible to determine your happiness.

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

To find out how delighted you are just take a look at the five statements below and choose whether you concur or disagree utilizing a 1-7 scale.

Kindly be open and honest in your responding - remember your responses are totally private.

When you have actually addressed allfive concerns press send and we will certainly calculate your score. You will certainly then have theability to read Teacher Diener's analysis." Source BBC

The link to the test is right here

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

People who score in this variety enjoy their lives andfeel that things are going effectively. Your life is notperfect, but you feel it is about as good as lifegets. Moreover, simply because you are pleased does not suggest you are contented. In fact, development and obstaclemight be part of the reason you are satisfied. For manypeople in this high-scoring variety, life is pleasurable, and the significant domains of life are workingout - work or school, family, buddies, leisure, and individual advancement.

The issue that I see with this test is that they show for me toscore this high my life has to be going well, work,family and friends. In fact my happiness does not depend on any of those factors. My life enjoys because my internal area is happy. I haveactually been happy even when I had no work or money or pals!

Sadly tests and information such as thisevaluation support and promote the myth that joy depends on the external world ofgood, jobs, friends and family. In fact ourlife obstacle is to rise up and move beyond this dependency to the location where we are joyful, happy and blissful for no factor, and continue withthat energy when others discover need to be sad!

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