Difference between Contentment and Happiness

[VS Prasad]

"Our two minds .... One is an act of the emotional
mind, the other of the rational mind. In a very real
sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that
feels" (Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence,
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1996, page 8).
Rational mind is also called faculty of reasoning.
Emotions have no limits, but rationality has limits.

Happiness is connected with emotional mind and
contentment is connected with rational mind. The
Upanishads say that these two are opposite in nature.
Psychologists also know it, but they are not sure
about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason

[knobbynonuts]

I keep bloody telling you a C and a H

[knobbynonuts]

And happines is what ken dod sung about annit

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, so whats the question?

[fine,thanks]

is ken dodd dead ?

[knobbynonuts]

If reds got her hands on him then he is defiantly as dead as a dodo

[Scylax]

Happiness is a temporary state of exaltation due,
usually, to a change in external circumstances In
normal individuals it declines into a state of quiet
acceptance quite rapidly.

Persistent happiness is pathological and is known
as 'Hypomania' or 'Mania'. The latter state is a
psychiatric emergency, requiring urgent treatment.

Contentment on the other hand, is the normal
state of being perfectly sufficient, without feeling
any need for change in the status quo.

Ref : Scylax, 2007 (unpublished).

[redhead23]

rest assured lovers , my mr dodd is alive and kicking thank the lord