tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post4627103645784887299..comments2024-01-31T00:09:10.070-05:00Comments on The Being Brand: Being HappyJudith Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-77609002293863210292010-03-05T17:47:08.590-05:002010-03-05T17:47:08.590-05:00The mind is very powerful. I think that we may hav...The mind is very powerful. I think that we may have selective memory as a form of protection. I tend to remember moments of joy. I think it may also be a matter of what we focus on. I have a tendency to deal with things and after I can do know more about any particular situation, to release it. I may be great compartmentalizing, but not until I have first dealt with the situation. It isn't often that the sense memory leaves me, whether it's joyful or painful. But this isn't all bad. I use this for myself and others. We are all made of the same stuff to a greater or lesser degree based on our experiences. There is also the existential reality to consider that is apart from our experiences.Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-80601096867405669512010-03-05T13:18:48.807-05:002010-03-05T13:18:48.807-05:00I do think that I'm very selective with my mem...I do think that I'm very selective with my memories, both happy and sad. I tend to focus on moments in time where I was most vulnerable or confused. I have memories of happy times, but they definitely don't stick with me like the ones that were full of more hurt or anxiety. It's almost like those memories have to stay with me in order for me to work on building my sense of happiness and peace each day. Thanks for the video Judith. I'll have to think about this idea more.septembermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570525910483384484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-12901133012407198102010-03-05T01:30:12.498-05:002010-03-05T01:30:12.498-05:00Good question, DB. I'm uncertain about what co...Good question, DB. I'm uncertain about what comes beforehand. The mind can be funny, based seemingly on our emotional and intellectual state.Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-92075713006220193102010-03-05T00:28:37.956-05:002010-03-05T00:28:37.956-05:00A re-inventing of ourselves is not a re-creation. ...A re-inventing of ourselves is not a re-creation. I think it's more a matter of putting pieces in a different order. Experience is attached to memories and memories to events. Can it be that we re-order or re-interpret our memories to form a different set of priorities and thus draw new experiences from them?DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144446186279708019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-7145993334865203562010-03-04T23:00:20.234-05:002010-03-04T23:00:20.234-05:00DB - I wonder if experience conforms to time, but ...DB - I wonder if experience conforms to time, but not necessary a re-invention but a re-creation. So, experience is distinct from memory. As Kahneman noted, time seems to be the distinguishing element of experience and memory. Regarding the re-invention of ourselves, do we do this really? Do we really change our habits? This is the difference between memory and experience; we re-create the memory but not the experience. The question I had is if in our thoughts the memory becomes the experience over time. I wonder if re-invention of ourselves is largely a myth. Perhaps this is a reality worth considering especially as it relates to our happiness. Maybe things will be scaled back and we will be more reasonable in our desires and exceptions.Judith Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593319882150923231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209091428880958270.post-17141370916082548942010-03-04T21:46:55.679-05:002010-03-04T21:46:55.679-05:00We seem inclined and able to reinvent our selves a...We seem inclined and able to reinvent our selves as we reinvent our lives. Or maybe they're the same thing. Experience must conform to something, somehow, or else there is chaos. Who can define happiness?DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144446186279708019noreply@blogger.com