{"id":179198,"date":"2019-10-13T14:37:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T21:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=179198"},"modified":"2019-10-13T15:29:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T22:29:59","slug":"physiological-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/13\/physiological-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Physiological Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When we want ‘happiness’ — what is it exactly that we want?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My theory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best happiness is physiological happiness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What is ‘physiological happiness’? Let me explain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Your body is the ultimate guide.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is how I would define physiological happiness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strength, vigor, and energy of your body.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I don’t think there is any greater joy than physiological happiness. Why? Mental joys are essentially bodily joys. To have physiological strength is the best naturalistic value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, the joy of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Slaking\/quenching your thirst (if you’re gone a long time thirsty).<\/li>
  2. Satisfying your hunger (assuming you’ve fasted for a long period of time)<\/li>
  3. The joy of sleep (especially after a good and triumphant long day’s of work)<\/li>
  4. Sexual pleasures (especially if you’ve gone a while without it).<\/li>
  5. Hormonal rush associated with lifting weights, or physical exercise.<\/li>
  6. Joy of getting a (painful\/joyful) massage.<\/li>
  7. Joy of the adrenaline rush from coffee<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I agree with Nietzsche that there is 10000x more wisdom in your own body than all of the philosophy books combined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How to gain physiological happiness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Now this is the practical question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How do we gain physiological happiness?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    I think gaining physiological happiness is very simple. It is a combination of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Abundant sleep and recovery (8-12 hours a night)<\/li>
    2. Intermittent sexual activity: Intermittent is the key. For example, to have sex 10 times a day, everyday, for a year, even with the most beautiful mates would be unpleasant.<\/li>
    3. Challenging your body physically (weight lifting)<\/li>
    4. Increasing your muscle mass and decreasing your body fat percentage (intermittent fasting, ketogenic diet, abstinence from sugars, alcohol)<\/li>
    5. Intermittent exposure to light, heat, cold; thermal and light-based irregularities. To only have nothing but “fair” weather all-year round is not desirable. Having intermittently bad weather actually is better for our bodies physiologically. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      What do you do once you have physiological happiness?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Now this is what I am currently grappling with. I (ERIC KIM) currently have apex physiological happiness and health. The question then becomes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Now what?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      One of my theories is to become ‘hyper healthy’<\/a> (to go BEYOND healthy — a new human state).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Indefinite muscular gains<\/a> (keep putting on muscle mass), while keeping your body fat percentage low (less than 10%).<\/li>
      2. Indefinite physical strength gains<\/li>
      3. Perhaps increasing your capacity for happiness and joy (is it possible for us to grow MORE neurons to feel MORE happiness and joy?)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Can we go BEYOND happy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        Also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Is the point to then maintain your apex of physiological healthiness\/happiness, or to go BEYOND? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

        My personal goal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        To discover if it possible to become BEYOND HAPPY; a new type of happiness that mankind has yet experienced?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

        Perhaps this is my new personal goal in life — to use myself (N=1) as a test subject, to see if I can achieve this new level of happiness, and discover what this really even means — and share my findings with you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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