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Originally Posted by Lanya  What other forms of "feeling good" are there? |
Gosh, lots! For instance:
Peace
Joy
Contentment
Satisfaction
Fulfillment
Pleasure
Freedom
Effectiveness
Power
Connection
Unity
Sleepiness
Alertness
Gratitude
Contribution
.... I could go on and on.
Happiness may or may not be present with any of these ways of being, including Joy. Or you might not find happiness at all when you're feeling good. One example is: this morning I was tidying my home, and I was feeling good. It felt good to be living my purpose (keeping my home clean and in flow is one way I express being a Joy Activist) but if I were to do emotional triage on myself, I'm not sure "happiness" would be the emotion I'm feeling.
Another example might be that you've got the flu, and you're lying in your bed with sore muscles, a runny nose and an icky tum. Your body feels pretty terrible. "Happiness" might not be present. But you might still feel very, very good; you might feel very good that you are safe in bed, someone is making soup for you, you are treating your body with respect and love by allowing yourself to rest and heal, you're looking forward to your body feeling strong and fine, and you have an excellent book you've been too busy to read. It wouldn't be happiness, would it? But it could be feeling good.
Or here's a common one: you have let go with love of a romantic relationship that wasn't working well. You are experiencing the pain of separation and the fear that you'll never find the right person. It hurts. That's not happiness, is it!
Still, it can be feeling good, if you are bold, generous and honest with yourself. Even in the presence of the fear and the ache, you can feel good that you are courageously taking the right action not only for yourself but also for your former partner. You are generating freedom and love, and that feels good. You can recognize the power and growth in looking boldly at who you've been that the relationship occurred for you the way it did, and how you might more effectively take on relationship going forward. You can honestly and generously wish the person well, and recognize that as a great way of being for when you meet someone new, free of baggage. You can eat a whole pint of Green Tea Soy Ice Cream, because you're allowed to do that in this circumstance. You can feel the love of your friends and family who come around to help you through this challenging time. All that is a form of feeling good, isn't it?
It's fun to think about other forms of feeling good. Thanks for asking, Lanya!
-- By the way, this is all on-topic to the OP's concerns about the law of attraction, which I see as deliberately thinking thoughts that feel good when you think them. You don't have to believe in anything; you don't have to suspend your trust in the natural world. You can simply, if you want to, deliberately think thoughts that feel good when you think them, and then enjoy the results of that. Sometimes the results are things 'n stuff, and sometimes the results are ways of being that feel wonderful. What's there to be uneasy about there?