Are You Causing Your Own Unhappiness? (Part 1 of 4)

How modern society is screwing with you!

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Did you know there are four levels of happiness?

Let me walk you through the four stages and maybe we can discover the best way to be happy, more often and that lasts longer.

This is part 1 of 4.

After reading through each stage, it made me think — are we unknowingly contributing to our stress levels and why we’re tired all the time.

Here are some thoughts.

The four levels of happiness:

1. Laetus (immediate happiness gained from material objects) Laetus Happiness is short lived; it is simply about sensual gratification based on things.
2. Felix (ego gratification, achievements) This happiness comes from comparison: being better, looking superior to others, to be more admired than others etc.
3. Beatitudo (contributive): This happiness comes from doing well for others and making the world a better place.
4. Sublime Beatitudo (enduring, eternal): This is the ultimate happiness, it is perfect happiness. This happiness is the most difficult to describe. It involves a search for completeness and fulfilment.

Laetus: Focusing on…