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definition: warm fuzzies, warm and fuzzy feeling, 20th century idioms to describe pīti and/or pamojja, and the physical sukha that result

 

Definition of warm fuzzies: feelings of happiness, contentment, or sentimentality


https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warm%20fuzzies#h1

warm fuzzies: plural noun


Definition of warm fuzzies: feelings of happiness, contentment, or sentimentality

example: got warm fuzzies from the good news



Synonyms

    beatitude, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy


Antonyms

    calamity, ill-being, misery, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness


First Known Use of warm fuzzies: 1981, in the meaning defined above




warm and fuzzy (urban dictionary)

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=warm%20and%20fuzzy
to have an extremely happy feeling about the girl or guy that you like or love.
girl: Wow you're really attractive
Guy: that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy

guy: hey i really really like you
girl: thanks, that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy



SN 36.31



Origin of 'warm fuzzy', etymology


I have a pretty good guess.
Like  'warm fuzzies' is literally describing pleasant physical sensations in the body, such as in first jhāna or second jhāna (as nirsa misa pīti [mental] that causes nira misa pleasant sukha to arise). 

Whereas the worldly version of 'warm fuzzy', such as the dictionary examples of 'hearing good news' or 'seeing a girl you like', that would be the 'wrong jhāna', the type of jhāna based on 5 hindrances, rather than produced by thoughts in line with skillful Dharmas. Yet the resulting physical sensations of sa-misa pīti and sukha, feel the same since it's just pleasure chemicals in the brain whether the source of the pleasure was skillful Dharma thoughts such as good will, or unskillful lustful thoughts.


Another way to look at is through the Jhāna force equation

jhāna force, and equation‍: quantitative analysis of jhānic force.

Jhānic force pushes a current of heat, energy, and vibrations throughout the body, pervading every cell. And what is heat and vibrations tuned to a comfortable temperature? 

Warm fuzzies. ⏹️





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