What Brings Us Happiness?

One of the alternative medicine authors wrote in her blog about the research that wanted to learn what brings us more happiness: experiences (travel, concerts, sports events) or material things (new cars, computers, stereo equipment).

You would remember me about my buddhist studies and philosophy, but I wanted to think about this "material" happiness now.

What would you prefere in this period of crisis: one time experience happiness or constant material thing happiness. In other words: would I like to visit Bahamas or would I prefere to buy a new car?

Sincerely I don't know. In some cases I would prefere experiences. A ritrit or maybe a walk in the mountains... Why not permanent thing? Well, memory is a permanent thing, first. And the experiences and feelings use to become more and more splendid with time.

I heard about it yesterday: native Americans used to take with them a little bag with special herbs. When a special event happend in their life, they took the herb from that bag and smell it. So, when they wanted to remember that event, they smelt that herb.

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