Supporting the myththat happiness is the goal of life.

If you have checked out some of my other blogpieces you will see that I consistently state that thereis a state beyond happiness that can be the best objective inlife. Meanwhile mainstream science hasyet to catch up to 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 recommend that you take the test also 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 Teacher Ed Diener fromthe University of Illinois, takes just a minute to finish.

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

Please be open and truthful in your responding - remember your responses are completely private.

As soon as you have actually answered all 5 concerns press submit 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 outcomes back I found that I was Highly Pleased:

People who score in this range enjoy their lives andfeel that things are going extremely well. Your life is not best, but you feel it has to do with as good as lifegets. Moreover, just since you are pleased does not imply you arecomplacent. In fact, development and difficultymight be part of the factor you are satisfied. For the majority of people in this high-scoring variety, life is satisfying, and the significant domains of life are going well - work or school, family, good friends, leisure, and individual advancement.

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

Unfortunately tests and info such as thisevaluation assistance and promote the myth that happiness is dependent on the external world of excellent, jobs, family and friends. In fact ourlife challenge is to rise up and move beyond this dependence to the location where we are happy, delighted and joyous for no reason, and continue withthat energy when others discover reason to be sad!

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