Happiness Attitude

This Happiness attitude is Tops with Us Happy People!!! Because it works,

doesn't it??? We know, don't We!!!

And We, The Happy People -Merseyside are going to have as Much Love, Happiness and Fun AS WE CAN!!!

 

 

The average length of a hug between two people is 3 seconds. But the researchers have discovered something fantastic. When a hug lasts 20 seconds, there is a therapeutic effect on the body and mind. The reason is that a sincere embrace produces a hormone called "oxytocin", also known as the love hormone. This substance has many benefits in our physical and mental health, helps us, among other things, to relax, to feel safe and calm our fear

 Have You had many of these Happiness

Buzzes today??? Why be Lazy??? Go out

and get as many as You can! As quickly

as You can, won't You??? They are FREE!!! LOL! The Happiness Guru!

Have You had many of these Happiness

Buzzes today??? Why be Lazy??? Go out

and get as many as You can! As quickly

as You can, won't You??? They are FREE!!! LOL! The Happiness Guru!

Have You had many of these Happiness

Buzzes today??? Why be Lazy??? Go out

and get as many as You can! As quickly

as You can, won't You??? They are FREE!!! LOL! The Happiness Guru!

Have You had many of these Happiness

Buzzes today??? Why be Lazy??? Go out

and get as many as You can! As quickly

as You can, won't You??? They are FREE!!! LOL! The Happiness Guru!

Have You had many of these Happiness

Buzzes today??? Why be Lazy??? Go out

and get as many as You can! As quickly

as You can, won't You??? They are FREE!!! LOL! The Happiness Guru!

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WHAT DO OUR TWEETS REVEAL ABOUT US?

Our analyses of Tweets in the English language reveals that, throughout the day, people use the happiest words on Twitter in the morning, with profanity increasing in frequency as the day wears on: what we call the Daily Unraveling of the Human Mind.We see a robust weekly cycle with Saturdays tending to be the happiest day of the week, with "love”, "family", and "fun" used more often. Mondays and Tuesdays are low points, with less words like "hahaha", "awesome", and "playing" being Tweeted

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Society’s collective attention to major events lead to large spikes and crashes in happiness. US data show that holidays tend to be our happiest days, with Christmas and New Year's Eve producing more "hope", "blessed", and "joy" and less "no", "not", and "hate". Similar findings are likely to appear in Mumbai on Diwali or in Beijing on Chinese New Year. We appear to need organized, structured celebrations for people to coalesce around positivity.

Likewise, members and fan bases unsurprisingly explode in happiness when their team wins a major sports championship (Cup Final etc.), while the losing team's fans' tweets are sad and angry.

The saddest days are responses to system-level shocks. Natural disasters like the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, celebrity deaths like those of Michael Jackson, and terrorist attacks like those in Paris all led to extremely negative days. Make sure that use YOU these facts to fight off  negative times and keep Your Tweets upbeat and Happy at ALL times  

NEW HAPPY PEOPLE RAVE MEET UP THIS FRIDAY
DID YOU COME to the last TWO (Photos above)???
I hope so! I danced from 8-15 til 11PM and went home on 
a real Happiness High!!!
Everybody (Just under 300 people out of which I knew 
about 50) was having a ball
If You missed it, You missed out on an Awesome Night !
BUT Jive Teddy is having ANOTHER one THIS WEEK!!!
AND one around Christmas!!!
MORE DETAILS SOON !!!
THIS WEEK THE HAPPY PEOPLE MEET UPS FOR XMAS ARE STARTING EARLY!!!
FRIDAY 10th November, there is a Special Dance Night
at Isla Gladstone Liverpool (Click on https://theislagladstone.co.uk/ ).
Entrance £8 Bar and FREE snacks. 8-30pm til Late
TEDDY Our Leader's Jive Club has them regularly
DON'T MISS THIS FRIDAY!!!!

WE ATTENDED 2 ABSOLUTE RAVE UP HALLOWEEN HAPPINESS EVENTS RECENTLY!!!!!

IF YOU MISSED OUT

DON'T

MISS OUT ON THE NEXT 2 COMING VERY SHORTLY!!!

DID YOU COME???
I hope so! I danced from 8-15 til 11PM and went home on
a real Happiness High!!!
Everybody (Just under 300 people out of which I knew
about 50) was having a ball. I met a Dancing Partner I hadn't
seen for 4 Years AND made lots of new friends that
I'm looking forward to having lots of Dances with soon!!!
If You missed it, You missed out on an Awesome Night !
BUT Jive Teddy is having ANOTHER one VERY soon!!!
AND one around Christmas!!!
MORE DETAILS SOON !!!

Here is what You Missed
TONIGHT THE HAPPY PEOPLE MEET UPS FOR XMAS ARE STARTING EARLY!!!
TONIGHT Tuesday, 24th October, there is a Special Dance Night
at Isla Gladstone Liverpool (Click on https://theislagladstone.co.uk/ ).
Entrance £8 Bar and FREE snacks. 8-30pm til Late
Our Jive Club has them regularly and everybody ...

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DID YOU COME???
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I hope so! I danced from 8-15 til 11PM and went home on 
a real Happiness High!!!
Everybody (Just under 300 people out of which I knew 
about 50) was having a ball. I met a Dancing Partner I hadn't 
seen for 4 Years AND made lots of new friends that
I'm looking forward to having lots of Dances with soon!!!
If You missed it, You missed out on an Awesome Night !
BUT Jive Teddy is having ANOTHER one VERY soon!!!
AND one around Christmas!!!
MORE DETAILS SOON !!!

THE HAPPY PEOPLE MEET UPS FOR XMAS STARTING EARLY!!!
Next Tuesday, 24th October, there is a Special Dance Night
at Isla Gladstone Liverpool (Click on https://theislagladstone.co.uk/ ). 
Entrance £8 and FREE snacks. 8-30pm til Late
Our Jive Club has them regularly and everybody 
(200 to 300 people from all over Merseyside) has an absolutely Fabulous time!
The music is Rock and if You can do Rock and Roll,
Jive, Disco Dancing You will have a Great Time,
I guarantee it.
If YOU want to become one of The Happy People
this is the place and time to START!!!
There will be about 20 of The Happy People Merseyside there
BUT don't waste time looking or asking for them.
Just get stuck in.
Females should come with a Friend or Group but are encouraged
to ask anybody for a Dance. Don't worry everybody will be
having a Great Time and You can just melt in and have
the time of Your Life!!!
If this is Your first Happy People meet up, get started now because
we have several more planned before Xmas!!!
The Happiness Guru :-)

The Happy People

Welcome to The Happy People Merseyside Group! Are YOU fed up with the same old Boring day after day routine? The same old Head Banger Friends? How much LONGER do You want it to last??? LOL How would You like to mix with NEW Friends who are FRIENDLY, Interesting and have a more ENJOYABLE SOCIAL LIFE??? If You do join our NEW Group http://tinyurl.com/nbwzfjo and start getting active by Liking, Sharing, Commenting on the Posts and GETTING to know the other members!!! So that You know them when you meet them at The Special, Events, Meet Ups, Concerts, Days Out, Dance Nights etc., that we are Planning SOON!!!

:-) Tommy

Welcome to The Happy People Merseyside Group! Are YOU fed up with the same old Boring day after day routine? The same old Head Banger Friends? How much LONGER do You want it to last??? LOL How would You like to mix with NEW Friends who are FRIENDLY, Interesting and have a more ENJOYABLE SOCIAL LIFE??? If You do join our NEW Group http://tinyurl.com/nbwzfjo and start getting active by Liking, Sharing, Commenting on the Posts and GETTING to know the other members!!! So that You know them when you meet them at The Special, Events, Meet Ups, Concerts, Days Out, Dance Nights etc., that we are Planning SOON!!!

:-) Tommy

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Meditation? My start and experiences.

Zengo California Meditation Hall Entrance (Photo credit: onemorebiteblog)

Today at Sarvodaya’s Early Morning meditation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Jain sadhvis meditating (in Brindavan) ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Tre kvitkledde djain-nonner mediterer i Vrindavan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

What has meditation done for me? Well, I can’t possibly imagine what my life would be like if I hadn’t startedmeditating. I was in a dreadful mental state. I was leading a life full of drugs, alcohol, aggression and depression.
I started going to a weightlifting gym and this gave me some respite from my problems. I started doing martial arts and gained some more self discipline.  I found that you could enjoy yourself in good company without getting drunk or drugged.
A Karate instructor, Dennis Martin, took me to the LiverpoolBuddhist Society for a meditation class and I was hooked.
The Meditation instructors wereTibetan monks, refugees from the Chinese invaders ofTibet and teaching at Durham University (?) .  These were marvellous human beings that projected warmth, peace love in every atom of their body, their every word and every thought. They visited Liverpool once a week, they were extremely advanced teachers and we were very fortunate to be able to study with them.
They made such an impression that the Society decided to have a live in teacher. The Tibetan monks were all busy lecturing in Durham but we learned about Japanese Zen monkteaching in the London area. He had been the head instructor in the Mahatma Gandhi Ashram in India. He left his top position in India to bring Zen meditation to the Western World as a wandering teacher ( This is a Zen tradition ). He required no payment just a bed and food.  We rented a large flat and he started meditation classes.
The Tibetan monks had told us about one of their passing-out tests. On the coldest night of the year ( In icy Tibet ) they had to sit in the open wearing just a robe and a bucket of water was poured over them. They didn’t just sit there and ignore the wet, coldness. They had to use mental powers to generate heat in their bodies  and dry the robe out. This was done three times in the same night.
When Zengo  ( His priestly name  translates as go=strong and Zen=meditation ) arrived in Liverpool he brought with him one change of robe and one pair of flip-flop sandals. All of the the Society were impressed by this sign of simple living and the ability to ignore cold. Or so we thought.
One particularly cold day, we took him into town to buy him some food. As we walked through Marks & Spencers to the food department,  he was wearing just his flip flops on his bare feet and I noticed him glance at the socks counter. A thought struck me and I asked: “Are you cold, Sensei?”
I had  always called him Sensei since first meeting him. It is something that I had picked up in my martial arts training. It means Master and indicates respect for his position as my teacher. He said: “There is no need to call me Sensei” l
I realised that this was just him being polite. So I ignored him  and continued calling him Sensei. I could tell this pleased him. Particularly when all the other people called him Zengo. Which isn’t how Japanese students talk to their teachers. It is considered to be not showing respect.
Any how,  I asked: “Are you cold, Sensei?”
He replied “No! No!”
Knowing how polite he could be, I ignored this and bought him a pack of socks.  He thanked me.
So I bought him 2 sweaters. Again he thanked me
So I bought him a scarf and pair of gloves and immediately became his favourite student. LOL.
Because I had a business that could run without me, I became Zengo’s assistant. I looked after his everyday stuff and spent most of the day and evening meditating with him. This would be about four hours a day.
But here is the additional benefit that I was receiving.  Because I was spending so much time with him, we became close friends.
As the other students would be in a class of 12 to 15 people, they would have to wait their turn to ask questions or to have a Darshan (private, one-on-one sessions). I was spending lots of time with him and benefiting from having private sessions with him for hours on end. I was learning his wisdom while sharing tea, or taking him to the shops or strolling around Sefton Park.
If you would like to share the lessons and wisdoms that I learned from Zengo,  go to my blog at http://happinessguru.wordpress.com   

Love, Peace and Happiness,
Tommy
P.S The last time I heard of Zengo, he had five meditation centres in America. T

 

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Meditation? My start and experiences.

Zengo California Meditation Hall Entrance (Photo credit: onemorebiteblog)

Today at Sarvodaya’s Early Morning meditation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Jain sadhvis meditating (in Brindavan) ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Tre kvitkledde djain-nonner mediterer i Vrindavan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

What has meditation done for me? Well, I can’t possibly imagine what my life would be like if I hadn’t startedmeditating. I was in a dreadful mental state. I was leading a life full of drugs, alcohol, aggression and depression.
I started going to a weightlifting gym and this gave me some respite from my problems. I started doing martial arts and gained some more self discipline.  I found that you could enjoy yourself in good company without getting drunk or drugged.
A Karate instructor, Dennis Martin, took me to the LiverpoolBuddhist Society for a meditation class and I was hooked.
The Meditation instructors wereTibetan monks, refugees from the Chinese invaders ofTibet and teaching at Durham University (?) .  These were marvellous human beings that projected warmth, peace love in every atom of their body, their every word and every thought. They visited Liverpool once a week, they were extremely advanced teachers and we were very fortunate to be able to study with them.
They made such an impression that the Society decided to have a live in teacher. The Tibetan monks were all busy lecturing in Durham but we learned about Japanese Zen monkteaching in the London area. He had been the head instructor in the Mahatma Gandhi Ashram in India. He left his top position in India to bring Zen meditation to the Western World as a wandering teacher ( This is a Zen tradition ). He required no payment just a bed and food.  We rented a large flat and he started meditation classes.
The Tibetan monks had told us about one of their passing-out tests. On the coldest night of the year ( In icy Tibet ) they had to sit in the open wearing just a robe and a bucket of water was poured over them. They didn’t just sit there and ignore the wet, coldness. They had to use mental powers to generate heat in their bodies  and dry the robe out. This was done three times in the same night.
When Zengo  ( His priestly name  translates as go=strong and Zen=meditation ) arrived in Liverpool he brought with him one change of robe and one pair of flip-flop sandals. All of the the Society were impressed by this sign of simple living and the ability to ignore cold. Or so we thought.
One particularly cold day, we took him into town to buy him some food. As we walked through Marks & Spencers to the food department,  he was wearing just his flip flops on his bare feet and I noticed him glance at the socks counter. A thought struck me and I asked: “Are you cold, Sensei?”
I had  always called him Sensei since first meeting him. It is something that I had picked up in my martial arts training. It means Master and indicates respect for his position as my teacher. He said: “There is no need to call me Sensei” l
I realised that this was just him being polite. So I ignored him  and continued calling him Sensei. I could tell this pleased him. Particularly when all the other people called him Zengo. Which isn’t how Japanese students talk to their teachers. It is considered to be not showing respect.
Any how,  I asked: “Are you cold, Sensei?”
He replied “No! No!”
Knowing how polite he could be, I ignored this and bought him a pack of socks.  He thanked me.
So I bought him 2 sweaters. Again he thanked me
So I bought him a scarf and pair of gloves and immediately became his favourite student. LOL.
Because I had a business that could run without me, I became Zengo’s assistant. I looked after his everyday stuff and spent most of the day and evening meditating with him. This would be about four hours a day.
But here is the additional benefit that I was receiving.  Because I was spending so much time with him, we became close friends.
As the other students would be in a class of 12 to 15 people, they would have to wait their turn to ask questions or to have a Darshan (private, one-on-one sessions). I was spending lots of time with him and benefiting from having private sessions with him for hours on end. I was learning his wisdom while sharing tea, or taking him to the shops or strolling around Sefton Park.
If you would like to share the lessons and wisdoms that I learned from Zengo,  go to my blog at http://happinessguru.wordpress.com   

Love, Peace and Happiness,
Tommy
P.S The last time I heard of Zengo, he had five meditation centres in America. T

 

What is Meditation good for? Multitasking!

Meditation will make you better at multitasking.
When you multitask, you’re often running in so many different directions, it’s hard to do one thing well. Here’s how to multitask with a clear mind.If you need to do some serious multitasking, some training in meditation beforehand could make the work smoother and less stressful, new research from the University of Washington shows. And who wouldn’t want that?

Research suggests that meditation training can help people working with information stay on tasks longer with fewer distractions and also improves memory and reduces stress. Here’s how to quickly focus your mind on the one thing you really need or want to do:

1. Stop. As soon as you realize you are multitasking, stop. In other words, learn to interrupt the interruptions.
2. Clear. Now take a moment to untask. To untask, try something silly, you can do a little dance, jump up and down, sing a song, or even scream. The important thing is to get in the habit (as soon as you catch yourself multitasking) of giving yourself a complete mental pause. Think of this as pressing the reset button on your brain.
3. Choose. Now that you have untasked, ask yourself, “What do I really want to do (or have to do) right now?” You might need to wait a few seconds before getting an answer. Or you might find that the answer pops into your mind immediately. Now that you have cleared your mind of other…………….

   Read the FULL great article at:http://veterinaryteam.dvm360.com/firstline/Veterinary+team/Multitask-more-efficiently-with-these-meditation-t/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/778056
   (I’ll bet you’re glad you didn’t have to type that URL out LOL)
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   Tommy