{"id":23915,"date":"2024-11-05T17:33:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T17:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/the-meaning-of-happiness-the-quest-for-freedom-of-the-spirit-in-modern-psychology-and-the-wisdom-of-the-east\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T17:33:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T17:33:14","slug":"the-meaning-of-happiness-the-quest-for-freedom-of-the-spirit-in-modern-psychology-and-the-wisdom-of-the-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/the-meaning-of-happiness-the-quest-for-freedom-of-the-spirit-in-modern-psychology-and-the-wisdom-of-the-east\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of Happiness: The Quest for Freedom of the Spirit in Modern Psychology and the Wisdom of the East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nPrice: <span style=\"color:#b12704\">$0.99<\/span><br \/><i><small>(as of Nov 05, 2024 17:33:20 UTC &#8211; <span class=\"wp_automatic_amazon_disclaimer\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/dp\/B07JNCHWZ3?tag=musadiqhus0f2-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/valvepress.s3.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/buy_now.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Deep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something. Here, in Alan Watts\u2019s groundbreaking third book (originally published in 1940), he offers a more challenging thesis: authentic happiness comes from embracing life as a whole in all its contradictions and paradoxes, an attitude that Watts calls the \u201cway of acceptance.\u201d Drawing on Eastern philosophy, Western mysticism, and analytic psychology, Watts demonstrates that happiness comes from accepting both the outer world around us and the inner world inside us &#8211; the unconscious mind, with its irrational desires, lurking beyond the awareness of the ego. Although written early in his career, The Meaning of Happiness displays the hallmarks of his mature style: the crystal-clear writing, the homespun analogies, the dry wit, and the breadth of knowledge that made Alan Watts one of the most influential philosophers of his generation. <\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Deep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something. 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