Joy Maker

Introducing the “Joy Maker” “Maybe happiness is not something we need to search for, but it is something right in front of us, but we can’t see it yet.” Today, we still “don’t have” happiness because we still “don’t understand” happiness. In the brain of every human being, there are 4 types of neurotransmitters that, when released, will make us feel “happy”:

Dopamine
Serotonin
Oxytocin
Endorphins

These four happiness substances always work together. The function of each substance can be briefly explained as follows…

Dopamine (the success substance)

Will be released in large amounts when we receive what we want and when the desire is satisfied, such as wanting to eat cheesecake and get to eat it, wanting to kiss someone on the cheek and get to kiss them, wanting to compete and get first place and succeed, etc. —

Serotonin (the calming substance)

Will be released in large amounts when we feel calm, comfortable, and relaxed, such as when we are meditating, when we are lying down listening to our favorite songs. When we are lying on a comfortable sofa, etc. —

Oxytocin (relationship hormone)

Will be released when we are in love, when we hear our lover’s voice, are near our lover, or touch our lover. And will be released in large amounts in mothers who have just given birth. Oxytocin is released in both young love, family love, and friendship love that is very connected. Oxytocin makes us feel comfortable, safe, and warm. —

Endorphins (feel-good hormones)

Will be released every time we feel happy. Therefore, endorphins are released together with dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin. In addition, endorphins are released in large amounts when we exercise, laugh, or smile. And it acts as a natural pain-killer/morphine from nature. Therefore, when we are happy, we feel less pain, both physically and mentally. Wounds, fatigue, and bad memories … these things seem to be able to harm us at all while we are happy. ::::::::::::::::::   Memorizing the similarities or differences of these happiness chemicals is not important. But what is important is to be aware of these four chemicals. It does not exist in any object. But it is abundantly present in our own brain… The thousand-baht note does not contain dopamine, the world’s softest chair is not coated with serotonin, the voice of our loved one does not contain oxytocin, and no food in the world contains endorphine… Our brain synthesizes all happiness… Everything outside of us only serves to “stimulate” the happiness substance in us to secrete. But all things in themselves do not have any happiness substance imprinted on them. A thousand-baht note is just an annoying piece of paper. For a billionaire who does not value money, the world’s softest chair is suffering. For a person with giant hemorrhoids, the voice of a lover is extreme sadness, if the owner of the voice has already left this world. And the most delicious food in the world is a terrifying poison. If the eater is allergic to it ::::::::::::::::: All things? Happiness All things + embellishment = happiness Things are meaningless and unhappy by themselves. But our mind synthesizes happiness from… values, interpretations, experiences, feelings (feelings), memories (sentences) and embellishments (formations). From young to old, we let our subconscious automatically synthesize happiness from things. And the results are often not what we want. The fact that humans try to seek happiness from things that do not create happiness in themselves is what causes countless people who, despite being famous, rich, beautiful, and talented, may suffer more than beggars sleeping under a footbridge covered in torn towels. If fame gave happiness… there would be no frowning celebrities. If wealth gave happiness… there would be no crying millionaires. If beauty gave happiness… no good-looking people would commit suicide. If a soulmate gave happiness… no one would suffer after getting married. :::::::::::::::::: Humans entrust other things to synthesize happiness. From… things, money, fame, compliments, weather, traffic, position, job, lottery, boyfriend, mother, father, child, boss, subordinate, political party, politician, movie, drama, Facebook, Facebook game, etc. But when we feel that these things can’t synthesize happiness as our heart desires (anymore), we start to feel irritated, bored, stressed, angry, depressed, and many times we will blame the world, blame society, blame others, blame ourselves, blame fate or blame karma for making us suffer. According to the law of three characteristics, which is the iron law of the universe… nothing is permanent (anicca)… nothing is durable (suffering)… and nothing is real (anatta). Therefore, when we put our hopes in something impermanent, unreal and impermanent to synthesize happiness for us, it is natural for us to be disappointed and feel sad. We act like a billionaire who vows that he will not be happy until he wins the lottery, which means that we already have immense happiness because we are the only source of happiness in the universe. But we set the conditions for happiness ourselves. By placing it in things (and people) that are uncertain… :::::::::::::::::: What does all this mean? Does it mean that we should stop chasing dreams and seeking everything, and just sit still to synthesize happiness by ourselves until we wither and die? No. But it means that no matter where we are, who we are, or what we are doing, in reality there is always “happiness” hidden within all of us. It’s just a matter of whether we “know how” to synthesize it ourselves. The first way to synthesize happiness is to start…