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AM I HAPPY?

God. community. (sense of) connectedness friendship sufficiency (local) independence. consolation reassurance (moral) guidance. AM I HAPPY?. understanding. pleasure&possession. celebrating the body skilfulness (sport) control by possession ego-affirmation. knowledge

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AM I HAPPY?

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  1. God community (sense of) connectedness friendship sufficiency (local) independence consolation reassurance (moral) guidance AM I HAPPY? understanding pleasure&possession celebrating the body skilfulness (sport) control by possession ego-affirmation knowledge skilfulness (mind) (power of) control (over resources) independent of ‘nature’

  2. van Egmond, N., and B. de Vries (2011). Sustainability: the search for the integral worldview. Futures 43(2011)853-867

  3. God community Ashram life Hungarian folk dancing Marriage Bicycle Toilets in Ghana Medieval music concert Mass in church (as option) Respected position in church/gov’t understanding pleasure&possession Health & no pain Holiday trips Personal well-ness Mercedes SUV Respected position in science Balaton Fellowship Workshops in Asia/Africa Ipad-2 AM I HAPPY? Justice and lawyers Public transport (as option) Parks and playgrounds Colleagues Job (opportunity) Security (against crime) Some Balaton Group related illustrations

  4. We do not have a ‘right’ to be happy – it needs effort towards awareness Habituation feedback Comparison feedback • LAKE BALATON • O gosh again that flat and boring lake • beautiful, every time it’s different memory of pleasure experience sense of contentment experience Resource input • Please send us before next week Tuesday the titles of your most important publications • The XXX-bank made 1,1 billion profits last half year • Do you already have an Ipad-2? desire for experience Resource availability Environmental conditioning New York, Ghana, Indonesia Society: enabling capabilities • Sorry I have to bring my children to school by car, it’s too dangerous… • Sorry, but if you have no insurance we cannot help you Part of our ‘needs’ are the result of overpopulation/exploitation: compensation & pseudo

  5. Habituation feedback Comparison feedback memory of pleasure experience sense of contentment experience Resource input desire for experience Resource availability Environmental conditioning Society: enabling capabilities

  6. TEN PLACES TO INTERVENE IN A SYSTEM (in increasing order of effectiveness) (Meadows, 1997) 9. Numbers 8. Material Stocks and flows 7. Regulating negative feedback loops 6. Driving positive feedback loops 5. Information flows 4. Rules of the system 3. Self-organisation 2. System Goals 1. The Paradigm (out of which 7 to 2 arise) 0. The Power to transcend Paradigms

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