MINDFULNESS VIDEO SERIES (8): THE EPIDEMIC UNHAPINESS, DEPRESSION & SUICIDE

In our last video we made the proposition that using little to no control over our mind and following all of its desires, urges and proposals has not resulted in making people happier. Instead what we have been seeing in recent decades is a significant increase in anxiety, unhappiness, depression and suicide, especially in younger people.
In order to go along with the experiment of endless consumption of material things and experiences, people had to compromise values that they held dear for centuries such as modesty and caring for others. Instead we have been encouraged to become more and more self-centered. We are encouraged to harden our hearts, to not see those who are in need. We are being told that this is ok as long as you get what you wanted. In order to get ahead materially, we had to adopt new values of greed, envy and lust. Why have we been warned for thousands of years that developing a greedy mentality is harmful? Because greed fosters an attitude of always wanting more and more, never being satisfied. This will ultimately lead to anger and frustration.