Happiness Is A State Of Consciousness

piness is a state of consciousness, a state of being, and is determined solely by our will to manifest it, experience it, enjoy it, and share it. Happiness is intrinsic; it is an inner dimension, one of the subtle levels of existence, one of the cornerstones of our being. Simply because it is what makes us being where and what we are, doing what we do. If we are what we are, it is because we are happy to be it, do it, and so on. Otherwise, we would do something else. The point is to determine our level of happiness, our happiness quotient, and the individual and personal happiness quotient depends on how much we can disconnect from external agents, from the things we project and on which we put the whole of our attention. The happiness quotient is inversely proportional to the quotient of attachment. Our happiness quotient is determined by our capacity for freedom, how we are about to free ourselves and dissociate from things and external agents. There are two types of happiness, the conditioned and unconditional ones.

Conditioned happiness depends on something outside us, such as toys, gifts, people, situations, money. Being conditioned means that when we have the object of desire, we are happy and joyful, the world is ours and our self-esteem is at the stars. When, however, for one reason or another, the object of desire is removed or somehow disappears, immediately our self-esteem falls, we return to being unhappy, ill-tempered and unlucky. This kind of relative happiness is subject to the highs and lows of the apparent outer world and is not in our power. We can not determine it beyond a certain limit, and we can not keep it beyond a certain limit. In fact, such happiness makes us slaves; slaves of the object, person, situation; slaves of whatever is the cause and source of our happiness. Such happiness is clearly desirable - it is certainly better than no happiness - but still in a relative way. At the same time, keeping the awareness that this is not a lasting happiness is fundamental; it is not a lasting happiness and, above all, not in our hands.

Unconditional happiness is an intrinsic state of being, a level of consciousness that does not need anything and no one to subsist; it is grounded in itself. In fact, we need nothing and no one to be happy and nothing and no one can take it away because it has no cause, no motivation, and no attachment. Unconditional happiness radiates from within us, because it is a gene of our DNA, the gene of happiness. This gene, when activated, makes us happy always. If we are not happy, it is simply because our gene of happiness is dormant, and therefore needs to be revived, or disintegrated by the weight of infinite unrealistic desires, in which case there is no short-term hope. The ignition button of our gene of happiness is right in front of our eyes and is already on; we just have to stop paying attention to our dreams and observe, instead, who is watching everything there is.

Dr. Andrea Scarsi is a meditator, mystic, and metaphysician devoting his life to sharing the supreme understanding through direct teaching and books he writes on the subject of spirituality. Through the years, he studied and deepened different meditation techniques, for awakening consciousness, energy balancing, and personal evolution, which he practices and teaches. Doctor of Metaphysical Science, he's the author of several books on spirituality and subjects dear to his heart. He resides between in