Finally, proof that success is 99% concentration and 1% inspiration. It seems people who focus on their work are happier than those daydreaming, though daydreaming is ofcourse a pleasurable activity. The research also suggests that although difficult situations require more effort-expenditure, the very same will increase our happiness in the long run.
This article might really be worth the distraction from whatever you are doing right now.
It is funny
ReplyDeleteWe heard earlier that daydreaming makes one happy and now science concludes to the contrary!
Here is just one sandom website visited after a google search which mentioned this.
http://health.infoniac.com/index.php?id=42&page=post
"Scientists say that when your mind wanders, imagining a bright future, we actually become happier and that helps us relieve stress"
That's science for you!
ReplyDeleteThe same science came up with a research study a couple of months back saying that butter is better than margarine, and came up with another research study report just the week after stating that margarine is better than butter.
My advice: Take every bit of buttered research with a pinch of salt.
My 2 cents on the Wandering Mind Conundrum
ReplyDeleteAncient and modern metaphysics support the above principle (focus/happiness direct correlation). The Yoga Sutra on Patanjali states Fantasy and imagination is a distortion of consciousness and impediment in the union of the self and the consciousness (which are one and the same in the first place but appear seperate because of the existence and activities of the mind). Focus- more importantly concentration or Dharana is therefore an important prerequisite towards achieving the ultimate peace of samadhi-the western equivivalent state of happiness
Modern Metaphysics focusses a lot on present moment awareness and attention. Worry, fascination, imagination all take us away from the present moment and leads to sub optimal performance. Present Moment focus is therefore key to happiness, in fact happiness is living in the present moment which cannot happen without focus and effortless concentration
'effortless concentration' - ironical isn't it that buoyancy is what keeps a ship afloat, but buoyancy is what shouldn't keep a ship afloat? Or did I miss it yet again?
ReplyDeleteWe do not want to be pernickety or pedantic here. Every human action requires an effort. The key is to make that effort in a relaxed fashion.
ReplyDeleteMasters say-Dispassion (vairagya) relieves us from feverishness and makes us relaxed. When we direct our energies and attention to a task at hand in a detatched dispassionate way, our concentration becomes effortless.
In fact true concentration is effortless because it is the nature of the consciousness