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==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: [[feeling]] or showing [[satisfaction]] with one's [[possessions]], [[status]], or situation <a contented [[smile]]>  

*1: [[feeling]] or showing [[satisfaction]] with one's [[possessions]], [[status]], or situation <a contented [[smile]]>  

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Contentment''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Contentment '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Contentment''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Contentment '''''this link'''''].</center>

==Description==

==Description==

'''Contentment''' is the acknowledgement and [[satisfaction]] of reaching [[capacity]]. The level of capacity reached may be sought after, [[expected]], [[desired]], or simply predetermined as the level in which provides contentment.

'''Contentment''' is the acknowledgement and [[satisfaction]] of reaching [[capacity]]. The level of capacity reached may be sought after, [[expected]], [[desired]], or simply predetermined as the level in which provides contentment.

Many [[religions]] have some form of eternal [[bliss]] or [[heaven]] as their apparent [[goal]] often [[contrasted]] with eternal torment or dissatisfaction. The source of all mentally created dissatisfaction appears to stem from the [[ability]] to [[compare]] and contrast [[experiences]] and find [[reality]] as one is living it to be less than [[ideal]]. Many religions believe this was caused by man eating of the forbidden [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_the_knowledge_of_good_and_evil Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil]. Man's eyes were "opened" to know the [[distinction]] between [[good]] and [[evil]] ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.3 Genesis 3:5]). The solution is to seek out ways to either make experienced reality [[conform]] to the [[ideal]] and/or to lower [[expectations]] to the level of the experienced. When one can live in the [[moment]] with expectations in [[harmony]] with experiences one has achieved the greatest mental contentment possible. Variants of this pursuit are found in many religions and [[manifest]] in forms of [[meditation]] and prayerful devotions.

Many [[religions]] have some form of eternal [[bliss]] or [[heaven]] as their apparent [[goal]] often [[contrasted]] with eternal torment or dissatisfaction. The source of all mentally created dissatisfaction appears to stem from the [[ability]] to [[compare]] and contrast [[experiences]] and find [[reality]] as one is living it to be less than [[ideal]]. Many religions believe this was caused by man eating of the forbidden [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_the_knowledge_of_good_and_evil Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil]. Man's eyes were "opened" to know the [[distinction]] between [[good]] and [[evil]] ([https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.3 Genesis 3:5]). The solution is to seek out ways to either make experienced reality [[conform]] to the [[ideal]] and/or to lower [[expectations]] to the level of the experienced. When one can live in the [[moment]] with expectations in [[harmony]] with experiences one has achieved the greatest mental contentment possible. Variants of this pursuit are found in many religions and [[manifest]] in forms of [[meditation]] and prayerful devotions.

The American philosopher, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bruce_Raup Robert Bruce Raup] wrote a book ''Complacency:The Foundation of Human Behavior'' (1925) in which he claimed that the human need for complacency (i.e. inner tranquility) was the hidden spring of human [[behavior]]. Dr. Raup made this the basis of his [[pedagogical]] theory, which he later used in his severe [[criticisms]] of the American Education system of the 1930s.

The American philosopher, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bruce_Raup Robert Bruce Raup] wrote a book ''Complacency:The Foundation of Human Behavior'' (1925) in which he claimed that the human need for complacency (i.e. inner tranquility) was the hidden spring of human [[behavior]]. Dr. Raup made this the basis of his [[pedagogical]] theory, which he later used in his severe [[criticisms]] of the American Education system of the 1930s.

*'''''[[Happiness]]'''''

*'''''[[Happiness]]'''''

==Quote==

==Quote==

[[Dissecting]] the word ''contentment'', [[focus]] upon the fragment "[[content]]", it [[illustrates]] the nature of contentment, for when one feels empty, one [[hungers]]. When one has content one is content. It is [[good]] either way, to be [[hungry]] and to seek, to strive to know, and it is equally beneficial to have content and to be content. As you apply yourself you will continually [[oscillate]] through these two [[phases]]: hunger, the [[desire]] to [[receive]]; and contentment, having been filled and satiated.- [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2001-02-04-Blessing#Contentment Elyon]  

[[Dissecting]] the word ''contentment'', [[focus]] upon the fragment "[[content]]", it [[illustrates]] the nature of contentment, for when one feels empty, one [[hungers]]. When one has content one is content. It is [[good]] either way, to be [[hungry]] and to seek, to strive to know, and it is equally beneficial to have content and to be content. As you apply yourself you will continually [[oscillate]] through these two [[phases]]: hunger, the [[desire]] to [[receive]]; and contentment, having been filled and satiated.- [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2001-02-04-Blessing#Contentment Elyon]  

[[Category: Psychology]]

[[Category: Psychology]]

[[Category: Religion]]

[[Category: Religion]]