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When you give
The gates of heaven open
And blessings descend upon you.
—Rabbi Menachem Schneerson

The best way to activate positive-emotion circuits in the brain is through generosity, said Professor Davidson, who founded the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. This is a really exciting neuroscientific finding, validating the pearls of wisdom in the contemplative tradition. The Dalai Lama frequently teaches that the best way for us to be happy is to be generous to others. Scientific evidence is in many ways bearing this out and showing how there are systematic changes in the brain that are associated with acts of generosity.


Joy And Gratefulness

Gratefulness is the Key to a happy life because if we are not grateful then no matter how much we have we will not be happy - because we will always want to have something else or something more.

The root of joy is gratefulness… It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful— everything is a gift.

—Brother David Steindl-Rast