Some Normal People Seem Happy

[Carl-Richard]

Some people are very forward-moving and goal-oriented, which is synonymous with dopamine. Even if they can't relax and look at the flowers, they do feel like things are moving, and there can be a lot of excitement, flow and creativity involved there. If you want to look at it very simplistically: meaning, action and loftiness is dopamine; being, depth and groundedness is serotonin. The former is more emphasized in current society, the latter is more emphasized by spiritual approaches.

Edited September 22 by Carl-Richard

[Carl-Richard]

Then you also have people who just know how to dance:

 

[ChrisZoZo]

On 16/09/2025 at 4:31 PM, SQAAD said:

Leo says that people who are not “awake” are unhappy. Is that true?

You have to wake and then realise you have been unhappy. 

[Jodistrict]

I know someone who says he is happy and he seems so.  He had good parents and escaped most of the traumas of childhood.   That is a big factor.   I think the emphasis on enlightenment is misdirected.  The key to happiness is learning to be fully human.  If you wake up and find you are God,  but you still suffer, then congratulations, you get the booby prize.