Living True Reality: The Secret of Happiness - Rabbi Daniel Coren

[Music] so we're discussing simcha joy perhaps something that is most challenging in this generation to be happy very hard to find people that are happy the amount of drugs that are going out every single moment to people just to keep them happy children are not able to sit in class without some form of sub substance to make sure they're happy what is happiness what is this secret that every one of us is searching humanity is searching it's what's written in the Declaration of Independence the pursuit of happiness what is the secret I heard it from a great man and it's actually based on our sages empirica others a great man his name was under climbing the corner of the rock up a blessed memory said the following words he said unhappiness the definition of happiness is quite simple it's the emotional pleasure one experienced by the way when they focus on what they have focused on what you have here we have be focused on what you don't have you be miserable choose to focus and everything you don't have in life all the millions of dollars and houses and boats that everyone else has you'll be miserable choose to focus and everything that you do have all the things that you have and that starts from our body you know that the words a shield I am seeing you trace those letters stand for a 99-yard I'm on a glide the eyes the teeth our hands and feet are making us worse billionaires imagine imagine someone coming over to you and saying listen you have two beautiful eyes you probably could do with one I will pay you three million dollars for one of your arms will you sell one of your eyes to three million dollars now maybe there is at some point a number of billion twenty billion who knows but most sane people won't sell their finger but twenty thousand dollars why because we recognize it did you take action out of your body you will be as your billionaire just from your body parts themselves that tells us something very deep you want to be happy focus on what you have starts in the most basic things and you will learn to be a happy person and then live in Korea [Music]