We think about millions of things every day. Every second, our thought processes change their track and compel us to chase the trails they leave behind. Irrespective of how strong you are, how firmly you hold control over your emotions, or, how vulnerable and soft-natured one is, we seldom find ourselves wielding a sceptre of command on our thoughts.
Thoughts can be induced by anything we see around us, even our sub-conscious mind can give rise to thoughts galore. It’s impossible to trace the exact point or thing that gives rise to a particular thought. It’s a continuous line of consciousness having no definite pattern, manifesting itself through some complex brain processes.
Mental cognitions or discernments are the ideas, perspectives, feelings and emotions about ourselves and the world around us. They are a conglomeration of our views, the way we perceive things around us and they play a substantial role in building up our ‘characters’.
Thoughts which we rear for years define our attitudes. A particular incident can trigger different thoughts in different individuals depending on their attitudes and point of views about life. While it’s difficult to control thought, we can change their nature if we try consciously. This is because, as I’ve said earlier, thoughts are shaped by life experiences, family background, culture, education and environment. So, if you are aware of the positive and negative sides of your thoughts and attitudes, there is enough room for rectification.
Another thing is, thoughts are deeply associated with emotions. Now, What are emotions? Emotions are a flow of uncontrollable feelings that are often triggered by external factors.While emotions (sadness, joy, anger, compassion, terror) are universal, the way they affect different persons are different thereby inducing different thought processes.
Emotions are universal and contagious. A tragic accident would evoke almost same, if not identical, emotions but the same incident would make people think differently and uniquely. So, though thoughts and emotions are interconnected, the former one has stronger and more independent stand in human minds.
We are the sum of our thoughts and what we choose to dwell on and indulge ourselves in, dictate our emotions.
“It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” Lucille Désirée Ball
The key to happiness, thus, to some extent, lies in our own hands. Dr Sonja Lyubomirsky, the author of the book “The How of Happiness” and a positivity researcher, says, about 40% of happiness depends on our intentions and how we choose to look at life. Happiness is a state of mind which makes us fuller and closer to our own selves. Happiness is not a chimerical dream. A little change in our views, a few positive approaches and love for life can make us happy. It resides within us. We just have to feel it, grasp it and make it tangible in our own ways. And, while doing this, just stop paying too much attention to others. Because, practically and scientifically too, your happiness is unique to your thoughts and have nothing to do with others. Once we are able to follow the path of happiness, we don’t have to seize it anymore, it’ll seize us anyway.
Couldn’t agree more, Maniparna. Was nodding on every word of the post. It seemed like I have written it. Now, I realize what I was missing while I was away from blogosphere.
so, you mean I am responsible for the drastic highs and lows in my everyday life :p
Jokes apart, yes I agree. If I choose to be sad, no one can make me happy. So, I’m currently enjoying being depressed 😀
Beautiful article Maniparna!! One can never chase happiness.
I agree with these words to a very great extent. The responsibility undeniably rests in our hands and a little change in attitude can spawn major transformations:)
I completely tow in with the line of thoughts presented here, Maniparna. Much of our happiness depends on how we chose to look at things – a lot of it is intrinsic. As for ourselves, we can consciously work towards reducing the impact of external factors in how those effect or influence us. Loved the way you have summarized the gist of the book.
Rightly said, Somali. We can at least try to reduce the impact of the external factors or the way they affect us. Some may say it’s an escapist mentality but I beg to differ.
Excellent Mani.. We become what we think.. And our thoughts create.. even the ones which say we do not wish this or that to happen.. If our intent is focused strongly enough into our don’t wants.. They too will materialize..
Happiness is not out there.. But found within.. Its a state of BEing..
So when we learn that its our inner thoughts that prevent us from obtaining happiness.. It is only we who can change it , by altering our thinking through our thoughts and emotions..
A great post full of insights.
Much love to you Mani.. Have a wonderful week.. Sue xx ❤
” It is only we who can change it , by altering our thinking through our thoughts and emotions..” you said, Sue…it’s just like that. Only we can change our thought processes and eventually comes the rectification… 🙂 Thanks so much for such deep words… ❤
When we learn how to quiet those thoughts or what I term the “monkeys”, we can actually begin to think straight. Becoming aware of just how many thoughts are running around in our heads is overwhelming! I know. I’ve been working on gaining “quiet” for years. GREAT post, dear Maniparna!!! Much Love to you! ❤
Very true! Life is much too short to spend in misery. It appears that many measure their happiness based on material wealth. Lucky is the person who has just enough and not too much stuff. In this way, one can concentrate on being happy for the right reason — just because it feels good to laugh and be content than it does to cry and always want.
Great article about thoughts and emotions. True, that happiness is within self and can be found once our approach and thought is positive. Thank you. 🙂
Well said, Maniparna. Sometimes, all it takes to be happy is a shift in thought and focus – looking for the positives rather than the negatives of a situation. A lovely post. 🙂
What a lovely and thought-provoking post, Mani 🙂 It reminds me of the movie Inside Out in so many ways. Happiness as an isolated emotion is difficult to think of.. The background talks about the trade-offs, the toil and hardwork and perhaps the near-misses. Makes the happiness worthwhile to enjoy and reminiscence.
Now, that’s a well-thought process on our emotions and happiness. I feel it’s quite complex to waver our inner self and how things affect us at the deep subconscious level. You have explained them in detail and going deep, to the point. Cheerz
Yes, Vishal, thoughts determine our personality and character. While we have little control on them, but, consistent efforts help us to reign over them and spawn desirable results… 🙂
Thank you so much. somehow, your name hasn’t appeared here… you can use your facebook, G+, Twitter accounts to comment if you don’t have a blog of your own… 🙂
So true, happiness is a choice and can be difficult at first but then one can train oneself to appreciate the little blessings of life; thereby making one’s existence full of joy!
Wow Mani.. How well you have expressed your thoughts on thoughts and emotions. Very true, our way of thinking depends on many factors like education, family background, friend’s circle and experience. You have beautifully described the process of thoughts. If we can realize the difference between the positive and negative thoughts, we can rectify our flaws and feel happier. Very well put. And superb vocabulary too.
I was on a long break from WordPress. Hope you are doing great. Stay blessed. Have a good time. 🙂
Thanks a lot, Jackie. I remember your posts on positive and negative thoughts…really inspiring.
Glad you liked the points mentioned here. Hope to see you more on WP. I miss your thoughtful posts… 🙂 Stay happy, stay blessed…
Thank you so much Mani.. I am glad you like the posts on such topics. I always feel amazed by such topics. And your points are so relatable.
Yes, I am not consistent on WordPress recently. I am thinking to free up but things are occupying me almost all the time.. Haha.. Found some time to write something today.. Haha.. Will post it soon.
Indeed Mani such a wonderful reflection on thoughts and emotions…two intangibles that govern our existence and the way we behave with others and live our life. Everything that we do and everything that we achieve in our life is a direct function of what we think and how we feel about ourselves. Yes, millions of thoughts hit us everyday and we have no clue where from it gets triggered and where it goes, it just keep coming and the spectrum of thoughts are wide to wild and there is no rhyme and rhythm of these stream of thoughts. We are what we think and we reap what we think.
Thoughts and emotions are closely inter linked, though emotions are universal but we all react differently to a situation and many time our reaction emanates from what we have been thinking and what thought has been dominating our mind. Indeed it such a fascinating thought to think where from these thoughts get generated in our mind and how these thoughts are unfathomable. Many times we do so consciously and many other time it happen unconsciously and we have no control, we try our best to get some degree of semblance to our act of thinking and the thoughts that decides our fate.
Ultimately, we all want to be happy and yes, happiness is a state of mind, and it is the outcome of our thoughts, actions and words that we use and the way we do our work. You have presented a deeply thought provoking topic and the subject matters are highly intriguing and insightful…it has taken me into a new stream of thoughts and I am enjoying this new journey of thoughts and emotions, and I am sure happiness will follow me…
Thanks so much Mani for sharing such a lovely post.
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You have said it all, Nihar 🙂 Emotions and happiness are indeed tightly connected and they affect us in every way. Thanks so much for such a thoughtful comment, it indeed shows how simple conversations can lead to great thoughts… 🙂
The essence of good human relationship is good conversations, and emotions and feelings play an important role and nurturing those feelings so essentials, and never easy to strike a balance between the emotional thoughts and rational thoughts that we keep confronting…
Always my pleasure…
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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony, observed Gandhi. Our deepest thoughts can be in harmony with our words and actions only if they are in alignment with goodness, not otherwise. If thoughts, words and action are in conflict, it certainly leads to sorrow.
“If thoughts, words and action are in conflict, it certainly leads to sorrow.” Absolutely true! This, I think, in other words, can be termed as hypocrisy….which eventually leads to anything but happiness…
Thank you! ❤ My spiritual mentor John Morton has said something like, If we want to be happy, do happy things. So important to have positive self-talk and a good attitude.
Nice reflections Mani.
While happiness is an emotion, it is dependent on thoughts to be a part of our persona…when we keep our thoughts positive, happiness gets a quick channel to breathe beautiful messages. That doesn’t mean negative thoughts can be brushed aside! They refuse to be shoved till we talk to them and convince them they they could be mistaken, they must wait and see the outcome. Once we calm down negative thoughts, we start feeling better and happy. 🙂
“Thoughts which we rear for years define our attitudes.”
Yeah, and I learned that the more you think about negative thoughts the more likely you are to have anxiety because that’s halfway in your brain become so strong.
Excellent Mani – I am reminded of a quote by the Buddha “All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon…. If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.” take care 🙏😊
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Wow! Wonderful post, totally agree with everything you said!
I hope more people understand these (not so evident facts).
Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks so much for reading. I’m glad that your thoughts resonated with mine on the topic… 🙂
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Thank you for sharing your post! I really liked it and yes, we are in the same frequencies!
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I so agree that happiness is a choice!
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Yeah… most of the times… 🙂
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Happiness is a choice.
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True that…
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Couldn’t agree more, Maniparna. Was nodding on every word of the post. It seemed like I have written it. Now, I realize what I was missing while I was away from blogosphere.
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We can control only on our emotions and not others.
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So much agree with every thought you presented here dear. Happiness certainly depends upon our outlook toward life! :’)
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so, you mean I am responsible for the drastic highs and lows in my everyday life :p
Jokes apart, yes I agree. If I choose to be sad, no one can make me happy. So, I’m currently enjoying being depressed 😀
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Enjoying being depressed- that’s a highly oxymoronic expression and I loved that… 😀
Yes, we are the master of our happiness… 🙂
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Beautiful article Maniparna!! One can never chase happiness.
I agree with these words to a very great extent. The responsibility undeniably rests in our hands and a little change in attitude can spawn major transformations:)
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Very well said, Divya. Actually, it becomes more insulting when women despise or criticcize another woman in the way men do… 😦
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I completely tow in with the line of thoughts presented here, Maniparna. Much of our happiness depends on how we chose to look at things – a lot of it is intrinsic. As for ourselves, we can consciously work towards reducing the impact of external factors in how those effect or influence us. Loved the way you have summarized the gist of the book.
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Rightly said, Somali. We can at least try to reduce the impact of the external factors or the way they affect us. Some may say it’s an escapist mentality but I beg to differ.
Regarding the book, that was an excellent read… 🙂
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Not escapist but intrinsic. ☺
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Right!
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Excellent Mani.. We become what we think.. And our thoughts create.. even the ones which say we do not wish this or that to happen.. If our intent is focused strongly enough into our don’t wants.. They too will materialize..
Happiness is not out there.. But found within.. Its a state of BEing..
So when we learn that its our inner thoughts that prevent us from obtaining happiness.. It is only we who can change it , by altering our thinking through our thoughts and emotions..
A great post full of insights.
Much love to you Mani.. Have a wonderful week.. Sue xx ❤
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” It is only we who can change it , by altering our thinking through our thoughts and emotions..” you said, Sue…it’s just like that. Only we can change our thought processes and eventually comes the rectification… 🙂 Thanks so much for such deep words… ❤
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When we learn how to quiet those thoughts or what I term the “monkeys”, we can actually begin to think straight. Becoming aware of just how many thoughts are running around in our heads is overwhelming! I know. I’ve been working on gaining “quiet” for years. GREAT post, dear Maniparna!!! Much Love to you! ❤
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Hehe..’monkeys’ that’s a great term for those thoughts which need to quieten down. Thanks, Amy, for the wonderful comment… ❤
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Very true! Life is much too short to spend in misery. It appears that many measure their happiness based on material wealth. Lucky is the person who has just enough and not too much stuff. In this way, one can concentrate on being happy for the right reason — just because it feels good to laugh and be content than it does to cry and always want.
Lovely message. 🌹🦋
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Thanks for explaining the crux of happiness so simply and wonderfully. Loved your comment… ❤ ❤
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I’ve always believed in what they proved – happiness is a state of mind 😊
The reasoning is compelling. I am sure few would agree with it now, after all most of us are practical these days.
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I agree with you… 🙂
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Great article about thoughts and emotions. True, that happiness is within self and can be found once our approach and thought is positive. Thank you. 🙂
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Yes, absolutely…:-) Thanks to you too for stopping by… 🙂
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Well said about this complicated thoughts and emotions… Maybe it can be a longer process or struggle for some people than others.
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Yeah..right..it varies from person to person…
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Well said, Maniparna. Sometimes, all it takes to be happy is a shift in thought and focus – looking for the positives rather than the negatives of a situation. A lovely post. 🙂
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Thank you. Yes, you are right…a little shift can make a lot of difference in the approach… 🙂
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For me simplicity is happiness. I like the simple joys of life. That makes me happy. I hope you are happy, too.
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Yes, this is the easiest route to happiness. My camera and a simple dry leaf can make me happy…I hope it’s almost the same with you… 🙂
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Great, informative post. 🙂 Thanks for the reminder to consciously monitor our thoughts and steer them towards happiness.
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Thanks so much, dear. 🙂
BTW, I couldn’t open your blog…kindly check…
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Ah, yes, I have disabled the direct link because of certain problems. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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It’s okay… 🙂 Let me know when I can read your posts…
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Of course, the blog is still accessible, but the direct link from my gravatar has been disabled. 😅
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Oh…then please share the link here…
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Oh, how well you have expressed that our thought process define us. Great post, Maniparna! Stay happy. stay blessed!
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Thanks a lot, Meera. Glad you liked the post… 🙂
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I like the positive ending! It’s a cheerful thought that happiness is within my power to influence and is not helplessly dependent on other people. 😀
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😀 Isn’t that make us feel like a king to think our happiness lies in our own minds….:-P
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Yay! I’m royalty! 😀
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Hehehe… 😀
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What a lovely and thought-provoking post, Mani 🙂 It reminds me of the movie Inside Out in so many ways. Happiness as an isolated emotion is difficult to think of.. The background talks about the trade-offs, the toil and hardwork and perhaps the near-misses. Makes the happiness worthwhile to enjoy and reminiscence.
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Absolutely… that’s the crux of happiness… 🙂
I haven’t watched the movie…but I love animations…will watch it…
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Key to happiness is in our hands.. Maybe that’s why sometimes i think, “what should i think “😉
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Hahaha….
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Splendid one!! Each and every line is perfectly written.
I would like you to check out this – https://sameeha2016.wordpress.com/2017/01/11/electrons-please-dont-kill-protons/
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Thanks a lot, Sameeha, for the link and for the words of appreciation. Will surely check the post …:-)
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Now, that’s a well-thought process on our emotions and happiness. I feel it’s quite complex to waver our inner self and how things affect us at the deep subconscious level. You have explained them in detail and going deep, to the point. Cheerz
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Yes, Vishal, thoughts determine our personality and character. While we have little control on them, but, consistent efforts help us to reign over them and spawn desirable results… 🙂
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This will surely help me discovering the hidden happiness around me. Thanks Maniparna, for this splendid article. ❤
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Thank you so much. somehow, your name hasn’t appeared here… you can use your facebook, G+, Twitter accounts to comment if you don’t have a blog of your own… 🙂
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Happiness is a feeble feeling, while the negatives ones are 256 times stronger. hehe
Wish you happiness, always 🙂
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Yeah..I knew it… 😛 was expecting such a comment from you… 😀
Stay happy always, Anoop, be positive… (and, I’m not talking about the blood group) 😀 😀
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Haha, lol 😛
Thanks Mani, wishing you the same.
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😀 😀
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So true, happiness is a choice and can be difficult at first but then one can train oneself to appreciate the little blessings of life; thereby making one’s existence full of joy!
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Absolutely! That’s the crux of happiness… 🙂
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How thoughts,feelings play an important role in shaping our characteristic virtues,is really clear as crystal in your beautiful narrations.
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Thanks, dear, glad you liked the post… 🙂
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I always adore your writing, Maniparna di.you are my inspiration,Thanks!
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That’s so nice of you to say. You just made my day… 🙂
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You are worth of every statement I remarked about you.Ar oi kobita ta amar darun legeche.
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KonTa re?
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Oi ‘dhai kirikiri’ ta didi, ota kotha theke pele?
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oTa toh amader CM Didir lekha… 😀 😀
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Wow Mani.. How well you have expressed your thoughts on thoughts and emotions. Very true, our way of thinking depends on many factors like education, family background, friend’s circle and experience. You have beautifully described the process of thoughts. If we can realize the difference between the positive and negative thoughts, we can rectify our flaws and feel happier. Very well put. And superb vocabulary too.
I was on a long break from WordPress. Hope you are doing great. Stay blessed. Have a good time. 🙂
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Thanks a lot, Jackie. I remember your posts on positive and negative thoughts…really inspiring.
Glad you liked the points mentioned here. Hope to see you more on WP. I miss your thoughtful posts… 🙂 Stay happy, stay blessed…
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Thank you so much Mani.. I am glad you like the posts on such topics. I always feel amazed by such topics. And your points are so relatable.
Yes, I am not consistent on WordPress recently. I am thinking to free up but things are occupying me almost all the time.. Haha.. Found some time to write something today.. Haha.. Will post it soon.
Have a beautiful weekend.. 🙂
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Okay…I’ll be waiting for your next post… 🙂
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Haha.. Okay. Done.
Happy Holi, Mani.. Have a colorful day. 🙂
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Yes “Happiness is a state of mind”… I totally believe it. Very nicely conveyed…
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Thank you so much… 🙂
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Indeed Mani such a wonderful reflection on thoughts and emotions…two intangibles that govern our existence and the way we behave with others and live our life. Everything that we do and everything that we achieve in our life is a direct function of what we think and how we feel about ourselves. Yes, millions of thoughts hit us everyday and we have no clue where from it gets triggered and where it goes, it just keep coming and the spectrum of thoughts are wide to wild and there is no rhyme and rhythm of these stream of thoughts. We are what we think and we reap what we think.
Thoughts and emotions are closely inter linked, though emotions are universal but we all react differently to a situation and many time our reaction emanates from what we have been thinking and what thought has been dominating our mind. Indeed it such a fascinating thought to think where from these thoughts get generated in our mind and how these thoughts are unfathomable. Many times we do so consciously and many other time it happen unconsciously and we have no control, we try our best to get some degree of semblance to our act of thinking and the thoughts that decides our fate.
Ultimately, we all want to be happy and yes, happiness is a state of mind, and it is the outcome of our thoughts, actions and words that we use and the way we do our work. You have presented a deeply thought provoking topic and the subject matters are highly intriguing and insightful…it has taken me into a new stream of thoughts and I am enjoying this new journey of thoughts and emotions, and I am sure happiness will follow me…
Thanks so much Mani for sharing such a lovely post.
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You have said it all, Nihar 🙂 Emotions and happiness are indeed tightly connected and they affect us in every way. Thanks so much for such a thoughtful comment, it indeed shows how simple conversations can lead to great thoughts… 🙂
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The essence of good human relationship is good conversations, and emotions and feelings play an important role and nurturing those feelings so essentials, and never easy to strike a balance between the emotional thoughts and rational thoughts that we keep confronting…
Always my pleasure…
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Yes, maintaining this balance is not an easy thing…
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happiness is our other self…it’s always there for us…but do we care? nicely put Maniparna 🙂
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True that, di..we seldom try to understand it and care…
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what a lovely post, Maniparna. Fact is, we choose our temperament. Keep writing and keep spreading “happy thoughts” 🙂
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Thank you. Yes, we are made of our thoughts, literally and figuratively… 🙂
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Absolutely…. 🙂
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Great post! What we think we become. So, happy thoughts are the key to happiness.
P.S. Believing in miracles also helps!
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You’ve summarized it well 🙂
Yes, miracles do happen but, rarely…
Thanks a lot for stopping by… 🙂
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By the way, can you please leave the link of your blog? Couldn’t find it 😦
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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony, observed Gandhi. Our deepest thoughts can be in harmony with our words and actions only if they are in alignment with goodness, not otherwise. If thoughts, words and action are in conflict, it certainly leads to sorrow.
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“If thoughts, words and action are in conflict, it certainly leads to sorrow.” Absolutely true! This, I think, in other words, can be termed as hypocrisy….which eventually leads to anything but happiness…
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Absolutely true…happiness is a state of mind. And I choose to stay happy come what may. Thanks for this motivation Maniparna.
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Glad your thoughts resonated with me, Balaka… 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by….
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Totally agree…..
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Thank you… 🙂
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Thank you! ❤ My spiritual mentor John Morton has said something like, If we want to be happy, do happy things. So important to have positive self-talk and a good attitude.
Your blog is very good. Many blessings – Debbie
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I absolutely agree with your mentor. Thanks so much, Debbie, for the kind words of appreciation… 🙂
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A thought provoking post indeed.
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Thank you… 🙂
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Nice reflections Mani.
While happiness is an emotion, it is dependent on thoughts to be a part of our persona…when we keep our thoughts positive, happiness gets a quick channel to breathe beautiful messages. That doesn’t mean negative thoughts can be brushed aside! They refuse to be shoved till we talk to them and convince them they they could be mistaken, they must wait and see the outcome. Once we calm down negative thoughts, we start feeling better and happy. 🙂
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Well said, Balroop, and true indeed….negative thoughts are there but it’s important to have control over them… 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by…
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“Thoughts which we rear for years define our attitudes.”
Yeah, and I learned that the more you think about negative thoughts the more likely you are to have anxiety because that’s halfway in your brain become so strong.
Thanks for such a thoughtful post 🙂
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Yes, things go like that as I’ve read…I’ve experienced this as well…negative thoughts are indeed harmful.
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Our thoughts are responsible for a lot more than we imagine! Lovely post M!
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Rightly said… thank you… 🙂
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Well said, Mani. We are what we think.
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Glad your views resonated with mine… 🙂
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Excellent Mani – I am reminded of a quote by the Buddha “All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon…. If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.” take care 🙏😊
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Perfectly said, Andy… 🙂 It’s our thoughts that guide and train us and build our characters… 🙂
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and they are the hardest thing to control sometimes 🙂
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