To be happy, it is not enough to have a family, friends, a job and leisure.

"To be happy, it is not enough to have a family, friends, a job

and leisure. The proof is the number of people there are you

might consider privileged but who are not happy! Why? Because

they do not know how to respond to their soul’s needs. The soul

needs to live in immense, infinite, limitless space. And yet,

humans continually constrict their soul, fetter it and stifle it;

they want it to make do with trifles – a little material success,

a little pleasure, a little gossip… Then, the soul suffers and

complains to them: ‘I want to be free, and you, with your

ordinary, petty occupations and worries, keep me in fetters. I am

a daughter of God, space is my element, I need to expand into the

vastness of heaven.’

So, for at least a few minutes, experience allowing your soul to

soar up and expand in space. Allow it to escape, to the point

where it merges with the whole universe. And then you will know

the meaning of happiness."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov