# System Design
## System
#### Objective
This system focuses on how to most effectively become happier following specific principles. Happiness being generally defined as the sum total of unpleasant experiences (-) and pleasant experiences (+).
Positive Progression over the long-term with natural ups\&downs
#### Methodology
I continue to learn & understand more and more of how to most effectively become happy. Hence, this system evolves.**Influences**
* Theravada Buddhism ([Goenka](https://www.dhamma.org/en/index), [Pa Auk Sayadaw](https://www.paaukforestmonastery.org/), [Mahasi Sayadaw](http://www.panditarama-lumbini.info/))
* Secular mindfulness ([Shinzen Young's Unified Mindfulness](https://unifiedmindfulness.com/), [Stephen Procter's MIDL](https://midlmeditation.com/))
* My own investigation.
**This synthesizes into interdependent skill-sets:**
* Sensory Clarity
* Skill to notice & learn from the present experience
* Equanimity
* Skill to be with the present experience without pushing (aversion) or pulling (attraction)
* Conditioning
* Skill to change one's automatic responses
#### Principles
The skills provided require the following principles:
**1) Independence**
Skills that allow to maximize one's well-being Independent of external circumstances.
**2) Universal**
Skills that can be utilized by anyone, anywhere, anytime & for anything
**3) Lasting Change**
Skills that improve your default happiness i.e., being better off, even while not practicing
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