Don’t a lot of spiritual/meditation practices claim a sustained improvement of hedonic tone? Isn’t that what the positive psychology movement is all about?
Where I can’t have a sustained improvement, cycling the positive hedonic inputs seems would seem like the natural thing to try.
It can be done, but it can’t be done easily. I was going to say there are no one time things that will raise your happiness set point but it wouldn’t surprise me immensely if LSD or other psychedelics had that effect for some.
Marriage increases happiness for most people, having more friends likewise, regular exercise ditto. Serious meditation demands something like an hour a day. All of these are ongoing time intensive commitments.
Don’t a lot of spiritual/meditation practices claim a sustained improvement of hedonic tone? Isn’t that what the positive psychology movement is all about?
Where I can’t have a sustained improvement, cycling the positive hedonic inputs seems would seem like the natural thing to try.
It can be done, but it can’t be done easily. I was going to say there are no one time things that will raise your happiness set point but it wouldn’t surprise me immensely if LSD or other psychedelics had that effect for some.
Marriage increases happiness for most people, having more friends likewise, regular exercise ditto. Serious meditation demands something like an hour a day. All of these are ongoing time intensive commitments.