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“Happiness is simply the absence of desire. When you observe a cue, but do not desire to change your state, you are content with the current situation. Happiness is not about the achievement of pleasure (which is joy or satisfaction), but about the lack of desire. It arrives when you have no urge to feel differently. Happiness is the state you enter when you no longer want to change your state. However, happiness is fleeting because a new desire always comes along. As Caed Budris says, “Happiness is the space between one desire being fulfilled and a new desire forming." Likewise, suffering is the space between craving a change in state and getting it.”

Happiness Desire

Book:Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Source: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

“A craving is the sense that something is missing. It is a desire to change your internal state. This gap between your current state and your desired state provides a reason to act. Desire is the difference between where you are now and where you want to be in the future. Even the tiniest action is tinged with the motivation to feel differently than you do in the moment. When you binge eat or browse social media, what you really want is not a potato chip or a bunch of likes. What you really want is to feel different.”

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Book:Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Source: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

“Peace occurs when you don’t turn your observations into problems. The first step in any behavior is observation. You notice a cue, a it of information, an event. If you do not desire to act on what you observe , then you are at peace. Craving is about wanting to fix everything. Observation without craving is the realization that you do not need to fix anything. Your desires are not running rampant. You do not crave a change in state. Your mind does not generate a problem for you to solve.”

Problem Desire Peace Observation Craving

Book:Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Source: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones