Ep. 552 – How to Train a Happy Mind with Scott Snibbe

Author and artist Scott Snibbe visits Mindrolling to teach listeners how to train the mind for long-lasting happiness.

Get your copy of Scott’s book, How to Train a Happy Mind: A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment, HERE.

This week on Mindrolling, Scott and Raghu discuss: 

• How being in tune with reality leads to happiness
• Scott’s childhood and sensing the feeling of infinity
• Selfishness/self-centeredness as an antagonist to joy
• Happiness through cherishing others
• Analytical meditation and filling your mind
• Remembering how precious every day is
• Stabilizing the mind through meditation to be less reactive
• Connecting with ourselves first thing in the morning
• How cell phones externally define our world and lead to unhappiness
• Looking at who we are beneath our thoughts, feelings, and personality
• Small shifts in our daily lives such as smiling
• Embodying human rights in our thoughts and behavior

About Scott Snibbe:

Scott Snibbe is an interactive media artist, author, entrepreneur, and meditation instructor who hosts the Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment meditation podcast. His first book, How to Train a Happy Mind, was released in 2024. Keep up with Scott on his website.

“The Buddhist view on happiness is really the reality view on happiness. The better word might be satisfaction, contentment, or well-being. It is not the temporary things like having an ice-cream cone, or a nice walk, or someone kiss-you, which are all lovely. That’s a pleasure. It doesn’t last. Happiness really can be long-lasting.” – Scott Snibbe

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