http://stress-freedom.net Epicurean Happiness Guidance Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:06:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't celebrate the twentieth of every month but I do February 20 as Epicurus Day. I have cooked Hungarian lecso - a kind of ratatouille - for lunch and will have cheese and wine for dinner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecso I talked to my children and some of my American friends a bit about ... http://stress-freedom.net/2010/02/february-20-epicurus-day/ secular humanist wedding readings As I wanted to compose an Epicurean wedding reading I have com across a site with very good secular humanist “raw material”: http://www.interfaithofficiants.com/DesignYourOwnCeremonyPages/DesignYourOwnCeremonySampleCivilHumanistSecularService.html Epicurean, wedding reading, secular humanist As I wanted to compose an Epicurean wedding reading I have come across a site with very good secular humanist “raw material”: http://www.interfaithofficiants.com/DesignYourOwnCeremonyPages/DesignYourOwnCeremonySampleCivilHumanistSecularService.html http://stress-freedom.net/2010/02/secular-humanist-wedding-readings/ “Alles, was du hast, hat irgendwann dich” is the page a friend of mine started on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=308803883852&ref=mf I jotted down there some ideas on Freedom the way Epicureans understand and practice it. http://stress-freedom.net/2010/02/%e2%80%9ceverything-you-possess-will-possess-you-some-day%e2%80%9d/ Where do we get the orientation we all need to guide us from pain to pleasure, from stress to happiness, from confusion to clarity? Who gives us what kind of orientation today in which form with what intent? We learn very early which way to turn our face to get milk ... http://stress-freedom.net/2010/02/find-a-proven-orientation-system-for-living-the-good-life-stress-free/ Stress is the consequence of the failure of an organism to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats, whether actual or imagined. The most common “stressors” include: pain a lack of control over environmental circumstances, such as food, housing, health, freedom social issues such as social defeat, ... http://stress-freedom.net/2010/02/proven-ancient-prevention-against-modern-life%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cstressors%e2%80%9d/ The Holmes and Rahe stress scale is a list of 43 stressful life events that can contribute to illness. Births and deaths, marriage and divorce are listed as “stressors”. Epicureans, ancient or modern, would disallow this term, arguing that “there is no such a thing as a ‘stressor’ but only ... http://stress-freedom.net/2010/02/what-is-a-%e2%80%9cstressor%e2%80%9d-for-epicureans/ Yesterday evening I came with my son home from the library and we wanted to move the garbage containers onto the street for the weekly collection. As I opened one of the containers to dump a trash bag into it, a pair of glittering eyes were fixed at me. I ... http://stress-freedom.net/2010/02/identifying-a-nightly-visitor/ Do you fear dying?  From the time we are children we hear warnings and admonitions about what happens to people after they die, especially if they have not led a “good” life. It’s no wonder so many of us have a fear of death. Values are implanted in our brains at ... http://stress-freedom.net/2010/02/follow-the-proven-epicurean-pathway-to-happiness-by-adopting-a-healthy-attitude-toward-mortality/ Did you know that unsatisfied needs cause stress and pain? Have you heard about a 2,300-year-old tried and true method for choosing happiness-boosting satisfiers instead of happiness-busters? I define need as a condition requiring relief; anything that is necessary but lacking. To avoid stress and pain people must satisfy their needs. ... http://stress-freedom.net/2010/02/satisfy-your-need-for-subsistence-by-following-an-ancient-pathway-towards-stress-freedom-2/ There are hundreds of thousands of tips, suggestions, courses and books on stress-management  on the internet but only a very few remind us of a proven method of stress-prevention used for at least 2300 years: appropriate preparation. Facilitating workshops on negotiation techniques I have seen hundreds of time how nervous and ... http://stress-freedom.net/2010/02/stress-prevention-through-appropriate-preparation/