Sep 04
Can happiness come from the state? Not likely. The state is there to help us organize our society to some extent, at least to avoid chaos and help us protect ourselves from individuals and groups who might want to harn us. As such, it acts as a bit of an insurance against total misery. But now some UK city councils want to develop policies to help us increase happiness.
 I doubt this will lead to much, but it certainly is a step above just promoting economic well-being. Read about it here.
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September 22nd, 2008 at 3:05 am
The problem with today’s society is that people think that we will be happy if we can satisfy our minds, our tongues, and our genitals, in short we will be happy if we can get material satisfaction. We do have material needs but past experiences and other poeple’s lives have taught us that this is not the case. No matter how much material wealth and satisfaction we get, there will always be a something deep inside of us telling us that this isn’t ‘it’ yet. We are still longing for something deeper. And that great saintly person’s have given us the answer and that is to love God with all our hearts, minds, and entire beings. So, the effort of the government to make it so that people will get more happiness, will be in vain if it only tries to satisfy our material needs and at he same time promote a hedonistic lifestyle. It’s not like we are so much lacking in material things. It is actually because our spiritual needs are not satisfied. Therefore, the first thing the government has to work on is to give the people a situation and conducive environment wherein they can pursue their spiritual lives.