{"id":26808,"date":"2018-07-16T12:14:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T12:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/?page_id=26808"},"modified":"2026-03-16T02:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:32:17","slug":"source-of-happiness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/source-of-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Authentic Source of Happiness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|45.6875px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|22.8438px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;25px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;25px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\">What Is the Authentic Source of Happiness?<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/source-of-happiness.jpg&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; max_width=&#8221;620px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;10px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Everyone wants to be happy.<\/b> There are myriad interpretations of what happiness is, how to be happy, and what the source of happiness is, and certainly, if we could identify an authentic source of happiness, then we could be confident in a goal to aspire toward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this examination on an authentic source of happiness, we will look into:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>whether there is such a thing as an authentic source of happiness,<\/li>\n<li>whether happiness is subjective and relative to each person, or whether there can be a source of happiness common to all,&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>the roles society and its values play on our happiness,<\/li>\n<li>what stands in the way of being happy all the time,<\/li>\n<li>the role human nature plays on our happiness,<\/li>\n<li>defining an authentic source of happiness and the kind of transformation needed to experience it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- ClickToTweet Embed Code Start --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/clicktotweet.com\/embed\/U8Uxp\/5\/n\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- ClickToTweet Embed Code Start --><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Contents&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Sans||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;18&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;30px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#what-is-the-authentic-source-of-happiness\">What Is the Authentic Source of Happiness?<\/a>\u00a0by Dr. Michael Laitman\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-roman;\">\n<li><a href=\"#true-source-of-happiness\">Is There Such a Thing as an Authentic Source of Happiness?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#what-interferes-with-our-happiness\">What Interferes With Our Happiness?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#happiness-awareness\">What Will Increase Awareness of the Authentic Source of Happiness?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#what-is-the-source-of-happiness\">What Is the Source of Happiness? [Video]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#why-is-it-so-hard-for-people-to-be-happy\">Why Is it So Hard for People to Be Happy? [Video]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#faq\">Happiness FAQ<\/a>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-roman;\">\n<li><a href=\"#will-i-be-happy-in-the-future\">Will I Be Happy in the Future<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#how-can-i-feel-happy-all-the-time\">How Can I Feel Happy All the Time?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#can-i-be-happy-alone\">Can I be Happy Alone?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#when-will-i-know-i-achieve-happiness\">When Will I Know I Achieve Happiness?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#how-can-i-be-happy-if-pleasure-always-fades-away\">How Can I be Happy if Pleasure Always Fades Away?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#references\">Further Reading on Happiness?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|22.8438px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Back to Top \u00bb&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;30px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/source-of-happiness\/\">Back to Top \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Is There Such a Thing as an Authentic Source of Happiness?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a>\u00a0subjective and relative to every person, or can there be a source of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a>\u00a0common to all? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to examine these questions, it is important to view ourselves as a social species, viewing our lives in connection with others, and that the quality of our connections influences our perspectives and sensations of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fact that we\u2019re a social species differentiates us from animals. We are molded and affected by our surroundings at every moment of our lives. Our birthplace, where we\u2019re raised, our families, schools, teachers, friends, work colleagues, as well as our culture and the media we absorb and engage with, all influence our definitions of what it means to be happy, how we can achieve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a>\u00a0and what we do in order to achieve it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a>\u00a0studies have already concluded that a positively connected and supportive society provides the basis for its members\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a>. A social foundation where everyone tends to each other<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">receiving as much as each individual needs and working for everyone\u2019s benefit\u2014is an optimal setup for each person\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What Interferes With Our Happiness?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem is that where there is society, there are social desires, i.e. desires for money, honor, respect, fame, control, power and knowledge. Our individual pursuits to fulfill these desires at others\u2019 expense interferes with our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a>. For instance, if a person wants to become rich, powerful or famous, he must continually struggle to out-compete others, building his pursuit of such goals by disturbing or ruining the wealth, power or fame of others. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, human nature, which is a desire to enjoy, works such that when we enjoy something, our desire for that enjoyment extinguishes upon its reception, and a new desire surfaces in its place. This <i>modus operandi<\/i> of human nature makes us feel constantly unsatisfied and wanting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This formula we live by\u2014the pursuit of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a> at others\u2019 expense coupled with the constant dissatisfaction embedded in human nature\u2014is the antithesis to happiness. It can then be concluded that if our sources of happiness remain as individual quests for pleasure at others\u2019 expense, we will never experience a lasting, blossoming form of happiness. We will be plagued by our desires becoming emptied all the time, and will endure increasing dissatisfaction until we will ultimately despair from trying to make our way in society with competitive, individualistic motives.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>It is a must for every nation to be strongly united within, so all the individuals within it are attached to one another by instinctive love. Moreover, each individual should feel that the happiness of the nation is one\u2019s own happiness, and the nation\u2019s decadence is one\u2019s own decadence\u2026 It means that the people of that nation, who sense that harmony, are the ones who make the nation, and the measure of happiness of the nation and sustainability are measured by their quality.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>\u2013 Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag, <\/b><b><i>The Nation<\/i><\/b><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public opinion today venerates rivalry and individual achievement. In other words, if you trample upon your competition in order to succeed as an individual, you\u2019re viewed with respect. It is an interwoven symptom of the individualistic-competitive values we are raised with, from our schools and universities, through the films, music, media, TV shows and Internet discussions we regularly engage with. Therefore, if we seek an authentic source of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a>, we need to first surmise that nothing will change if our egoistic human nature continues absorbing social influences that feed into its selfish direction at others\u2019 expense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if we define an authentic source of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a> that can satisfy everyone\u2014a limitless form of pleasure that fills us when we engage in giving to and positively connecting with others\u2014we still won\u2019t experience lasting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a> if society as a whole fails to prioritize values of giving, kindness, altruism and positive connection over present-day competitive-individualistic values.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What Will Increase Awareness of the Authentic Source of Happiness?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rise in misfortunes and problems in human society will play their role to raise awareness of why we fail to achieve an authentic and lasting form of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a>. In the wisdom of Kabbalah, this state is called \u201crecognition of evil.\u201d It means that problems and crises accumulate until we see that as much as we want to live happy and harmonious lives, we don\u2019t, and moreover, the situation worsens. Eventually, we will realize that the solution is in a fundamental shift of our values\u2014from competitive-individualistic-egoistic values to cooperative-connected-altruistic ones\u2014and that the educational institutions and media permeating values into our lives need to accept major responsibility in such a transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The very appearance of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a> science and positive psychology in an age where depression has risen to become the world\u2019s most prominent disease shows a clear example of how, as our sorrows worsen, we seek to counter them with an antidote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- ClickToTweet Embed Code Start --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/clicktotweet.com\/embed\/T9zd2\/5\/n\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- ClickToTweet Embed Code Start --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is this same era that the authors of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/engkab\/mystzohar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Book of Zohar<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the most renowned Kabbalist of the 20<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Century, Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) stated that the authentic wisdom of Kabbalah would become revealed and available to all, as a method to guide society to the kinds of positive connections that can make <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">everyone<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> happy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kabbalah is a method that teaches how to create a positively connected society of happy individuals, balanced with nature. It does this by guiding its participants through a process of experimentation in connecting with others in order to attract a force of connection dwelling in nature, which has the power to change us to make us more considerate of each other. Thus, a person will learn to aspire not only to fulfill his or her own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a>, but that of others as well. A harmonious human society will then be built to ensure the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a> of every individual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/dr-michael-laitman.jpg&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Sans||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;18&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;30px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Dr. Michael Laitman<\/h3>\n<p>PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah. MSc in Medical Bio-Cybernetics. Founder and president of Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Education &amp; Research Institute.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;YouTube Video Embed&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;30px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"what-is-the-source-of-happiness\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Is the Source of Happiness?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xCLszdRlBPM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;YouTube Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||on||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;30px||1px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>What Is the Source of Happiness? | Ask The Kabbalist with Dr. Michael Laitman<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;YouTube.&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||on||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;12&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;YouTube Video Embed&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;30px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"why-is-it-so-hard-for-people-to-be-happy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sHmemqJQnzY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;YouTube Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||on||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;30px||1px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Why Is It So Hard for People to Be Happy? | Live Kabbalah Q&amp;A Webinar<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;YouTube.&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||on||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;12&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]YouTube.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Back to Top \u00bb&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;30px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/source-of-happiness\/\">Back to Top \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;FAQ Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"faq\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><font size=\"6\" color=\"#303030\" face=\"Source Sans Pro, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif\"><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">Happiness FAQ<\/span><\/font>\u00a0<a name=\"society\"><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;FAQ Contents&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>FAQ Contents<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#will-i-be-happy-in-the-future\">Will I Be Happy in the Future?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#how-can-i-feel-happy-all-the-time\">How Can I Feel Happy All the Time?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#can-i-be-happy-alone\">Can I be Happy Alone?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#when-will-i-know-i-achieve-happiness\">When Will I Know I Achieve Happiness?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#how-can-i-be-happy-if-pleasure-always-fades-away\">How Can I be Happy if Pleasure Always Fades Away?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;FAQ Body&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"will-i-be-happy-in-the-future\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26382 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/repentance.png\" alt=\"Will I be Happy in the Future?\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\">Will I Be Happy in the Future?<\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>You can be happy even today, together with everyone, if we all connect and make each other feel happy. You will feel happy if you think about other people\u2019s <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;instead of your personal <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span>, about how and what you can give to them. You simply need to learn how. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Happiness<\/a><\/span> can be achieved in no other way.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"how-can-i-feel-happy-all-the-time\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26385 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ten-days-of-repentance.png\" alt=\"How Can I Feel Happy All the Time?\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\">How Can I Feel Happy All the Time?<\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>We are in an ocean of a positive force of pure love, bestowal, goodness, kindness, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span> and wholeness. Progress in the method of Kabbalah grants us access to it. It gives us tools to feel and cooperate with that force. A supportive environment is an important part of the method, i.e. others also aspiring to attain contact with the ultimate source of <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span>, and who are willing to support you in your efforts to do so. By creating a mutual support network, you can advance toward that sensation more and more, and then will feel that there is nothing to fear and there is no bad or evil in the world, just an endless, infinite \u201clight,\u201d i.e. force of love and bestowal.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"can-i-be-happy-alone\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26381 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ushpizin.png\" alt=\"Can I be Happy Alone?\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\">Can I be Happy Alone?<\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Complete <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span> is impossible when a person is alone, because the ultimate source of <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span> is a force that connects us in mutual ties of love, bestowal and positive connection. To experience this force, we need to actively participate in a social life that aims to reveal this force. By doing so, we undergo corrections in our inner makeup\u2014from egoistic to altruistic\u2014until we all become conduits of this force to each other. Therefore, it is important to be connected to others, even if only virtually.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"when-will-i-know-i-achieve-happiness\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26379 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/prayer-with-criminals.png\" alt=\"When Will I Know I Achieve Happiness?\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\">When Will I Know I Achieve Happiness?<\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The development of an aspiration for the goal\u2014balance with the source of <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span> that operates in a mode of love, bestowal and positive connection\u2014is where we achieve <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span>. In simple terms, we\u2019re happy when we yearn for the goal, and not when we achieve it, so we need to constantly yearn for more and more love, bestowal and connection among us and with the source of these qualities. When we achieve something, we satisfy ourselves temporarily, and then that satisfaction fades away. Therefore, achieving complete <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span> is in yearning for it, not in achieving it.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"how-can-i-be-happy-if-pleasure-always-fades-away\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26384 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hakafot.png\" alt=\"How Can I be Happy if Pleasure Always Fades Away?\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\">How Can I be Happy if Pleasure Always Fades Away?<\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>When our desires become fulfilled, the fulfillment cancels the desires and their pleasures, and we stop feeling the pleasures of fulfillment. This is why there is no complete <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span> in our lives. It\u2019s why we\u2019re on a constant pursuit to satisfy our desires, but we only feel sensations of <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span> for brief moments, before they dissipate.<\/p>\n<p>After so many repeated experiences, we reach a state where we no longer want to pursue such illusory <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span>. However, the feeling of life is the sensation of \u201cdesire and fulfillment,\u201d and so we cannot but continue chasing them ad nauseam. This is why so many means that attempt to limit our desires become popular, from religions, new age teachings, meditation and yoga, all the way through to drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Kabbalah offers a different and unique solution to this problem by enabling us to achieve an eternal and unbounded form of <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span>, i.e. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/lp\/happiness\/?utm_source=source-of-happiness&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=spages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happiness<\/a><\/span> at its source. It involves learning how to combine desire and fulfillment within ourselves, without canceling the two, so that they augment each other.<\/p>\n<p><!-- ClickToTweet Embed Code Start --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/clicktotweet.com\/embed\/VJUU5\/5\/n\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- ClickToTweet Embed Code Start --><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/source-of-happiness\/\">Back to Top \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;PT Serif||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#363636&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;30px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"references\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: xx-large;\">Further Reading on Happiness?<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3>Posts in Dr. Michael Laitman&#8217;s Personal Blog<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2018\/03\/absolute-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Absolute Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2018\/05\/happiness-for-a-kabbalist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Happiness for a Kabbalist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2015\/01\/where-is-happiness-hiding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where Is Happiness Hiding?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2017\/11\/what-prevents-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Prevents Happiness?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2013\/09\/the-universal-formula-of-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Universal Formula of Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2013\/07\/the-secret-of-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Secret of Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2017\/05\/are-you-happy-in-your-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are You Happy in Your Life?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2013\/03\/my-economics-of-happiness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Economics of Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2016\/10\/is-it-possible-to-attain-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is It Possible to Attain Happiness?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2016\/03\/does-happiness-make-us-selfish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Does Happiness Make Us Selfish?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2014\/12\/when-and-where-does-one-take-time-for-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">When and Where Does One Take Time for Happiness?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2008\/07\/the-method-of-attaining-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Method of Attaining Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2016\/12\/the-formula-for-eternal-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Formula for Eternal Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2016\/12\/the-pursuit-of-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Pursuit of Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2016\/03\/new-life-527-as-we-enter-adar-we-increase-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Life #527: As We Enter Adar, We Increase Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2015\/08\/a-single-leap-to-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Single Leap to Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2015\/03\/reaching-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reaching Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2010\/11\/happiness-multiplied\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Happiness Multiplied<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2017\/05\/there-is-money-but-there-is-no-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There Is Money, but There Is No Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2016\/04\/happy-people-live-on-less\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Happy People Live on Less<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2008\/12\/the-secret-to-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Secret to Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2008\/12\/learning-to-understand-the-creator-is-the-key-to-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learning to Understand the Creator Is the Key to Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2014\/11\/patent-for-a-happy-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patent for a Happy Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/laitman.com\/2012\/12\/interconnection-that-affects-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interconnection That Affects 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