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Dr. Robert Lustig, professor emeritus at University of California, San Francisco, distinguishes between pleasure and happiness, emphasizing their fundamental differences:
- Pleasure is short-lived, visceral, and often experienced alone, while happiness is long-lived, ethereal, and typically social.
- Pleasure involves taking, whereas happiness involves giving.
- Pleasure is driven by dopamine, which can lead to addiction, while happiness is associated with serotonin, which promotes long-term well-being.
Indeed, pleasure is an animate state in which our body—our desire to enjoy for self-benefit alone—enjoys. Happiness, on the other hand, is eternal and perfect. It requires stepping out of ourselves and rising above ourselves. It is connected with the attainment of our life’s meaning and purpose, an eternal and perfect state.
Can both pleasure and happiness be combined? Yes, if we elevate all our pleasures to the level of happiness. Then by rising above our bodies, our egoistic self-aimed desires, we will bring the very best to others, and by doing so, we will discover both true pleasure and true happiness.
Based on KabTV’s “News with Dr. Michael Laitman” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman on December 9, 2024. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.
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