1. Isn’t happiness the motivation for all we do?

2. Nice house College Education Fast car Beautiful wife Career at the Big 5 Handsome husband Fat salary Cute kids Lots of friends Drama, theater

3. Can we define happiness? Pleasure Satisfaction Security No suffering … Eyes Nose Ear Tongue Skin Mind Feelings experienced through the facilities we have

4. happiness as we know it Short-lived –How long does the chewing gum last? –How many pizza slices can one consume? Not fulfilling enough –Off on the weekends / vacations –Hobbies Relative

5. Getting down to basics What makes us happy today?

6. Eating Animals also eat!

7. Sleeping Animals also sleep!

8. Mating Animals also do it!

9. Defending Animals also defend!

10. happiness as we know it Short-lived –How long does the chewing gum last? –How many pizza slices can one consume? Not fulfilling enough –Off on the weekends / vacations –Hobbies

11. How different, then, are we from animals?

12. Why do we work so hard for the same things animals don’t have to?

13. “We are solving the problems of life!” “There’s more to life” “Today, we can do things faster, cheaper, and better”

14. “Technology = happy life” “Dude, I want to retire in heaven - the Bahamas!”

15. No Doubt we have progressed…

16. Luxurious Houses

17. Skyscrapers

18. Jet Planes

19. Latest methods of communication

20. Then why is there so much suffering around us?

21. why are we … Dissatisfied? Full of anxiety? Stressed? Depressed? & above all, unhappy?

22. Pain

23. We want to remain young, But…

24. We want to remain healthy, But…

25. Ronald Regan U. S. President, 1980 -1988

26. Nov. 5 1994, Regan announces… “I have recently been told that I am afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease...I now begin the journey that will take me into the sunset of my life.”

27. “I am the greatest” Suffers from Parkinson’s disease… Can’t even lift a cup of coffee

28. disease starvation

29. And Finally, death

30. And… at any given time, we suffer due to…

31. natural calamities other living entities our body & mind