101 ways to Happiness by D. Hawkins 29. Be pleased with progress.
30. Avoid self-judgment. Recognize the internalized parent, Freud’s
1. Source is within, not without.
2. Want what you have, instead of have what you want, including your
own existence.
3. Happiness is an inner decision.'''
4. Give up the ‘poor me’.
5. Choose instead of crave, want, desire, or get. “Dear God I seem to be
the victim of this insatiable craving. Please help me.” Be willing to
surrender to God.
6. Surrender all cravings to God. Love of God becomes all you want.
Pray.
7. Joie de vivre is independent of events. It is an attitude and a superior
“style” of life. In human life, there is no winning or losing. Celebrate
your own existence. Joy of life, helping others.
8. Is it the child, adult, or parent (in you) that wants?
Happiness = bubbling over and active child, integrated adult, and totally
loving and accepting parent.
9. Differentiate actual from symbolic win or gain.
10. Differentiate narcissistic (“rich and famous”) from mature goals.
11. Be pleased with the direction and alignment instead of just
completion. Be pleased with where you are, rather than “I’ll be happy
when I reach the goal.”
12. Practical reality vs. fantasy and glamor of “success”.
13. Choose decision instead of just hope. Write down your goals for this
life. One goal: “Be happy no matter what happens. Be pleased with the
direction of life. Be uplifting to others or enlightenment. Where you are
is the result of your own decision, so you can‘t blame anyone. No matter
which way you go, there are risks involved. Life is a sequence of roles.
14. Be flexible vs. rigid. The reed bends with the current.
15. Cancel ‘...and then I’ll be happy.’
16. Let go of clutching and grasping.
17. Clarify goals and ideals.
18. Realize that all value is arbitrary.
19. Happiness is a nap on a train or plane. Being happy is fulfilling your
human potential.
20. Live one day at a time.
21. Happiness is a cat’s purr or a dog’s wagging tail.
22. Differentiate faith vs. skepticism (narcissism).
23. Show gratitude for what you have and are.
24. Differentiate nonattachment vs. craving. Pick something you think
you need for happiness and get detached from it.
25. Is the glass half full or half empty?
26. Differentiate spiritual vs. material goals. Searching for truth in all of
its expressions is one of the most advanced states of consciousness.
27. Surrender to God’s will. Spiritual wisdom evolves. For some people,
shooting the enemy is God’s will. For others, God’s will is not shooting.
28. Allow the capacity to let go. This capacity is infinite. It’s not that you
can’t let go, but that you won’t.
super-ego, the inner judge. Have your inner child alive and well, and
sometimes you have to sit on your inner child.
31. “Good” vs. “Bad” are circumstantial.
32. “Win” is provisional.
33. Differentiate simplicity vs. complexity.
34. Have realistic expectations of life, others, events. In politics, don’t
judge the world by your values, don’t expect a lot!
35. Value is in the eye of the beholder.
36. Give up your skepticism.
37. Nurture a sense of humor.
38. Accept karmic propensity. It's not causality but likelihoods.
39. See essence rather than perception.
40. Be jocular instead of morose.
41. Show good will regarding all of life.
42. Differentiate easy-going vs. rigid.
43. Reduce your expectations.
44. Be generous instead of stingy. Generosity is an attitude, not money.
Good will is noticed by all of life.
45. Modify your inner voice.
46. Be gracious to self and others.
47. Surrender the need to control.
48. Let go of desire for applause.
49. Be glad instead of mad.
50. Choose acceptance instead of resistance.
51. Be generous instead of stingy.
52. Be candid with self and others. Be honest.
53. Silence the mind.
54. Give up thinkingness. Thinkingness is an energy field which can be
transcended. Stop calling it ‘my’ mind. Narcissistic egotism.
Knowingness comes about nonlinear. It is certainty. It emerges without
thinking about it.
55. Be forgiving instead of vindictive. Forgive. You don’t have to get
even because karma is inevitable.
56. Work on inner traits instead of external ones.
57. It only takes a bone to make a dog happy. It’s the small things of life!
All it takes is a sip of soda, of espresso.
58. Sing, Don’t worry, be happy! in mind.
59. Choose spiritual values and goals. You feel inner gladness about the
goodness of life. What’s the purpose of the world? It’s here for YOU.
This is not egocentric. Out of Divine intention, that which is here, is here
for you. The essence of all that arises is Divinity expressing itself as a
stage, as a wonderful wife, as these flowers, as the Kleenex, as the diet
soda, espresso.
60. Choose spiritual friends and groups. You serve all of mankind by 79. Differentiate expansion vs. diminution of problems.
becoming as spiritually evolved as you can be.
80. Clarify __________ with______role.
61. Go from complete to complete.
81. Do you play role of martyr?
62. Identify with Self rather than self. Without the presence of God
within you, you wouldn’t exist. Self is my reality; self is only my 82. Do you play role of hero?
temporary expression in this domain.
83. Do you play role of victim?
63. Accept limitations of humanness, which has the karma of protoplasm.
84. Do you play role of morally superior?
64. Happiness is a decision and direction.
85. Let go of being the injustice collector (martyr).
65. Be reflective instead of impulsive.
86. Let go of being provocative.
66. Thoughtful rather than critical.
87. Stop pushing your luck.
67. Be content instead of complaining (on i.e. weather, taxes) .
88. Avoid catastrophe.
68. Realize life is a learning curve.
89. Don’t buy a home in the flood plain or on the edge of a mud cliff.
69. '''Pray . Praying is not just a grade school exercise but the expression
of what you’ve become, which is gracious. 90. Do not win the lottery.

70. Contemplate. 91. Don’t ski in an avalanche area.

71. Affirm 'God is my Source'. 92. Give up self-importance.

72. Sing an inner song. Learn to hum to yourself without making any 93. Obey the law – be polite to police.
noise!
94. Stop demonstrating.
73. When feeling down, say to yourself, “Yours is the saddest story I’ve
ever heard!” 95. Give up saving the world.

74. Insist on being miserable and gloomy. “Oh well….” Eeyore. 96. Mind your own business.

75. Make faces at yourself in the mirror. This is a wonderful spiritual 97. Give up being important.
technique. The way to God is through giggles.
98. Improve yourself instead of others.
76. Be grateful for the gift of life. Be all you can be to everyone all of the
time. Reflect back to life its beauty. 99. Pay your income taxes.

77. Live one day at a time. 100.Smile and the world smiles with you.

78. Be your own best friend. 101.Dedicate all actions to God

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SUCCESS 01/Internal vs. external.
02/Personal, spiritual vs. worldly.
04/Success as winning.
05/Success as goal achievement.
06/Success as prominence, media attraction, celebrity
status.
07/Success as happiness.
08/Imagine desired outcome.
09/Build good karma balance.
10/Harness desire and ambition.
11/Workable plan.
12/Self-confidence.
13/Dedication.
14/Satisfaction with progress.
15/Override obstacles.
16/Supportive relationships.
17/Flexible vs. rigid.
18/Enthusiasm (Donald Trump).
19/Self-rewarding.
20/Dedication to the Highest Good.
21/Pray for awareness of God's Will.
22/Retain modesty-avoid hubris.
23/Thankful rather than prideful.
24/Incremental goals.
25/Result of basic attitudes.
26/Determination.
27/Will power, grit.
28/Visualize goals.
29/Chip away, incremental progress.
30/Preparation.
31/Fortitude.
32/Picture result.
33/Develop work rhythm.
34/Create routine schedules.
35/Inspiration.
36/Harness the muse: "Carpe Diem." [Capitalize on
opportunities as they arise.]
37/Special place and setting.
38/Expert advice consultation.
39/Patience/persistence.
40/Hang out with successful people.
41/Avoid naysayers and energy drainers.
42/Practice the virtues-integrity.
43/Look for helpful feedback.
44/Imaginative enterprise.
45/Be friendly and upbeat.
46/Express appreciation.
47/Teamwork.
48/Group support.
49/Dress the part. 87/Write down all the negatives and bury them in the
50/Find a coach.
51/When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
52/Identify, evaluate the successful.
53/Watch for subtleties.
54/Cut giant-size projects into bite-size projects.
55/Activate the "Ego Ideal." [Freud]
56/Capitalize on energy and inspirational surges.
57/Have note pad next to bed.
58/Ask: What does the world value, want, or
need?...And supply it.
59/Capitalize on frenetic energy surges.
60/Plod along between bursts.
61/Expect success.
62/Nail down a specialty.
63/Write about a project.
64/Do a sales pitch on video. 99/Realize the world has gotten along without you thus
65/Promise yourself periodic rewards.
66/Make photos of yourself in a successful role.
[Audio-visual is quite powerful.]
67/Reward yourself for productivity.
68/Give yourself a dollar for each great idea.
69/"To thine own self be true."
70/Put together an inspirational collage.
71/Be "on the road" of enterprise.
72/You don't have to be a genius to build a better
mousetrap.
73/Clarity of goals.
74/"Do" instead of crave.
75/Put heart instead of ego into the project.
76/Which aspects are ego and which are soul?
77/Is success a feeling or a reality?
78/Self-rewarding vs. public adulation.
79/Success as adequate to lifestyle.
86/Give up excuse of "trying"-just do it.
back yard.
88/Identify helpful contacts.
89/Do "Brain Gym" exercises on the road to be
traveled.
90/Energize each step.
91/Avoid ethically dubious schemes.
92/Have supportive relationships: friends, family,
cohorts.
93/"Fake it til you make it"- rehearsal.
94/Select role model.
95/Decide to be happy no matter what the result.
96/Great success is often fortuitous-"expect the
unexpected."
97/Avoid "winning the lottery" calamity.
98/Keep watchful eye on the ego.
far.
100/Success is whatever you say it is-win the hula
hoop contests, eat more hot dogs in 10 minutes.
101/Fame is only fame.