Grading Happiness For

Total Stress

Management

Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar

Grading happiness is a concept crucial and pivotal

to take simple practical steps to make proper choices for assertion,

reinforcement and thus maximizing your success and/or happiness through

outyour life. The practical

steps to grade happiness are given below.

StepsDo not take up activities inadvertently [without

grading] with the hope of happiness or success, just because they are ordained or advised by some one

somewhere. Please realize that happiness is a

relative term. What makes one happy

may make another sad. Hence trying to do things

according to some prescription may not make you happy and may prove

counterproductive!

Hence there is a need to learn some general

criteria or parameters to grade happiness.

The first criterion is

durability. That is how evanescent or lasting is

the happiness [for you and others involved], derived

from the activity.

The second criterion is the number of people

involved. That is, how many people

you can share the happiness with, derived

from your activity.

The third criterion is the intensity of the happiness That is how fully you get engrossed in the activity. Using these criteria you can give grades such as

A,B,C,D,E, etc.

A grade happiness is that of Buddha or any

other like him. This happiness is so much

durable that it lasted for the life time of Buddha and his followers. This

happinessinvolved millions of people for millennia of years. The

happiness is so intense that

Buddha was totally and single mindedly involved

in it.

B grade happiness is that of scientists or reformers,

where the happiness is

durable, but not entirely as circumstances

could destroy it. Millions of people, but not the

"have not” category would be sharing the happiness.

The intensity could be immense but individual

concerned may be disturbed by other [material] factors.

C grade happiness could be that of parties, get togetherness or other

escapist activities

D grade happiness could be born out of material

possessions or other successes in

petty pursuits

E grade could be happiness in harming others to a greater or

lesser extent followed by sense guilt or fear.

F, G, H and even lower grades of happiness [born

out of heinous crimes] could be defined but are

left to the readers' discretion.

Tips

You become expert in making gradations of happiness, choices,

assertions and reinforcements as you grow more and more

objective.You become increasingly

fearless and single minded as you become objective. Namasmaran helps in this

gradation.

WarningsThese guidelines are not

to be followed obsessively and blindly. They are for

consideration and provisional acceptance

and verification.

Sources and CitationsStress: Understanding and

management:Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar

Superliving: Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar

Namasmaran: Dr. Shriniwas Kashalikar