From the World Conference on Happiness and Its Causes, Sydney
Some great presentations recorded for you to watch free online
Don't miss this opportunity - I don't know how long they will be there (I had to buy previous recordings as DVD sets).
<View the whole programme here>
Some great presentations recorded for you to watch free online
Don't miss this opportunity - I don't know how long they will be there (I had to buy previous recordings as DVD sets).
<View the whole programme here>
I particularly recommend these two:
Dr Robert Thurman
Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Department of Religion, Columbia University, USA
* Can we find a reliable source of happiness?
* Is it possible to have enduring satisfaction in life without depriving others?
* Compassion and generosity can be fun.
* Can we educate ourselves and our children to live life to its fullest?
* Is it possible to have enduring satisfaction in life without depriving others?
* Compassion and generosity can be fun.
* Can we educate ourselves and our children to live life to its fullest?
Hugh Mackay
Psychologist, social researcher and novelist, Author: Advance Australia…Where? and Right & Wrong: How to decide for yourself
* How have changes in Australian society affected our psyche?
* Does the pace of change create an unrealistic obsession with “control”?
* Why we need to embrace the full spectrum of human emotions – not just happiness
* Why we need to accept that life is for living, not controlling
* Does the pace of change create an unrealistic obsession with “control”?
* Why we need to embrace the full spectrum of human emotions – not just happiness
* Why we need to accept that life is for living, not controlling
His ideas on ALL emotions being important echoes my own ideas, that emotions are feedback signals from the mind-body system trying to maintain internal equilibrium within its environment.
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