Supporting the misconceptionthat joy is the objective of life.

If you have actually read a few of my other blogpieces you will see that I consistently state that thereis a state beyond happiness that can be the very best objective inlife. Meanwhile mainstream science hasyet to reach this truth. One current trendin psychology is to look at the amount of joypeople experience. I stumbled uponthe most recommended test and chose to take it.

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

This how the test is presented in the BBC News story:

"Psychologists state it is possible to measure your happiness.

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

To find out how delighted you are simply look at the 5 statements listed below and decide whether youagree or disagree using a 1-7 scale.

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

Once you have actually addressed allfive questions press send and we will determine your rating. You will then have theability to read Teacher Diener's analysis." Source BBC

The link to the test is right here

When I got my outcomes back I discovered that I was ExtremelySatisfied:

Individuals who score in this range love their lives andfeel that things are going extremely well. Your life is notperfect, however you feel it is about as good as lifegets. Additionally, just due tothe fact that you are pleased does not imply you are contented. In fact, growth and challengemight be part of the reason you are satisfied. For the majority of people in this high-scoring variety, life is satisfying, and the significant domains of life are workingout - work or school, household, good friends, leisure, and individual advancement.

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

Sadly tests and details such as thisevaluation assistance and promote the misconception that happiness depends on the external world of great, jobs, family and friends. In fact ourlife difficulty is to rise and move beyond this reliance to the place where we are cheerful, happy and euphoric for no factor, and continue withthat energy when others discover need to be sad!

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