If you want to be happy, be it!

People think about happiness all the time. They dreamed about it in the past, they are

dreaming about it at this very moment, and it looks like they are not going to stop dreaming about happiness in the future. What is happiness? Everyone has some idea of it. If it were possible to collect all these opinions about what happiness is, put them all together, then, we might come up with a version of more or less accuracy reflecting the “common” idea about happiness.

It is clear that no one wants to die, everyone strives for knowledge, and everyone seeks bliss, ever-growing joy. The conclusion is clear, there is no point talking about happiness without finding a permanent solution for birth/death, old age, and disease. Similarly, if a person didn’t obtain at least a basic understanding (“liquidation of illiteracy”), and haven’t obtained any knowledge about the real state of affairs in the world – it’s highly unlikely that such person will be happy. Happiness of an ignorant man is like a bunch of grass found by an ox. Is it possible without having a slightest idea of what happiness may be like, to recognize it the moment it appears in front of you?

In our small book "If you want to be happy, be happy!" we have put together quotes/sayings of some philosophers, poets and educators, used data from encyclopedic literature and scientific research. At the end of the book, we provided the opinions of spiritualists and Krishna consciousness followers.

The question remains open. The Lord gave us intelligence, knowledge in the form of the Vedic shastras, free will and the right to choose (you cannot force somebody to be happy). Now, my inquisitive reader, make the right choice!