Grading Happiness

For

Total

Stress

Management

. Dr

Shriniwas Kashalikar

Grading happiness is a concept crucial and pivotal to take simple

practical steps to make proper ,choices for assertion

reinforcement and thus /maximizing your success and or

happiness through out

. your life The practical steps to . grade happiness are given below

Steps

Do not take up activities [ ]inadvertently without grading

with the hope of happiness or , success just because they are ordained or advised by some one

. somewhere Please realize that . happiness is a relative term What

makes one happy

. may make another sad Hence trying to do things according to

some prescription may not make

you happy and may prove !counterproductive

Hence there is a need to learn some general criteria or

.parameters to grade happiness

.The first criterion is durability That is how evanescent or lasting

[ is the happiness for you and ], others involved derived from the

.activity

The second criterion is the number . , of people involved That is how

many people

,you can share the happiness with derived

.from your activity

The third criterion is the intensity of the happiness That is how fully

.you get engrossed in the activity

Using these criteria you can give , , , , , .grades such as A B C D E etc

A grade happiness is that of Buddha or any

. other like him This happiness is so much durable that it lasted for

the life time of Buddha and his . followers This happiness

involved millions of people for . millennia of years The happiness is so intense that

Buddha was totally and single .mindedly involved in it

B grade happiness is that of , scientists or reformers where the

, happiness is durable but not entirely as circumstances

. could destroy it Millions of , " people but not the have not”

category would be sharing the . happiness The intensity could be

immense but individual concerned

may be disturbed by other [ ] .material factors

C grade happiness could be that of , parties get togetherness or other

escapist activities

D grade happiness could be born out of material possessions or

other successes in

petty pursuits

E grade could be happiness in harming others to a greater or

lesser extent followed by sense . guilt or fear

, , F G H and even lower grades of [ happiness born out of heinous

] crimes could be defined but are ' .left to the readers discretion

Tips

You become expert in making , ,gradations of happiness choices

assertions and reinforcements as you grow more and more

.objective

You become increasingly fearless and single minded as you become

. objective Namasmaran helps in .this gradation

Warnings

These guidelines are not to be .followed obsessively and blindly

They are for

consideration and provisional .acceptance and verification

Sources and Citations

: Stress Understanding and :management

. Dr Shriniwas Kashalikar

: . Superliving Dr Shriniwas Kashalikar

: . Namasmaran Dr Shriniwas Kashalikar