1. If you don’t go after it, you won’t have it.

You choose if your dreams become reality. You choose it through focused work, persistence and understanding the bigger picture.

An unimaginable life awaits anyone who can see the pattern of how to bring it into existence. When we don’t say something in conversation, miss out on events, avoid connection in anyway, then we don’t have it and the only one to blame is ourselves.

Go after what makes you feel good, keep steering towards your passions. Don’t regret not doing something just because it seemed scary in the moment.

Everyone is gathered around a nice conservative table for a family dinner. Uncle Joe is talking about the news, your aunt can’t stop talking about how good the food is, and the vibes seem to be very uplifting. Everything seems quite “normal”, until someone finds out you meditate, believe you are a soul, believe in conspiracy theories, or don’t eat meat. Then, sh*t gets real.

You may find yourself being put on the spot, made fun or, or criticized for your beliefs and way of thinking quite often. They may call what you do or believe “satanic”, or say that you are “lost” or will “grow out of it”. One of the most difficult things about the awakening process is learning how to adjust to a world that seems indifferent.

We come across all of this cool new information, we have amazing experiences in nature or in meditation, we have completely expanded our minds, and then we step back into a society that is asleep for the most part. Some of the people that claim to love us will start becoming resistant to accepting us and supporting us during our awakening process.

The quest of finding happiness is possibly the only goal shared among all human beings – past, present or future. Who doesn’t want to find happiness in his or her life? It’s a silent goal nonetheless. We don’t mutter much about it and most of the time it lurks in the deep inner workings of our minds. Curious isn’t it?

I have written before about the odd fact that in the West we spend billions of research dollars & euros into treating mental illnesses with drugs but not much effort goes into understanding the science of happiness or mental well being. This fact alone compels me to write about the subject.

The title of this article is in itself revealing – “how to find happiness within yourself” suggests from the outset that you should look for happiness within yourself and that happiness is generally to be found within. This is also a very curious thing to me. Why are we always trying to find happiness in all kinds of places but hardly ever attempt to find happiness within?

Our connection with all things in the universe is infinite.  This is because we are not separate from the universe of the things that are within it.  We are literally made of the same fabric of all things in existence, including time and space.  This fabric is consciousness itself, and is the fundamental building block of physical reality.

One of the most essential aspects of spirituality is the level of connection we have to the world around us.  We all know that we are all one.  But how do we translate knowing we are one in our minds into something that is real and tangible?  How can we FEEL like we are one with everything?

Feeling at one with the universe is not done by looking at a tree and trying to convince yourself you are one with it.  It doesn’t require any belief system and mind games in order to step into unity consciousness.  All it requires is that we begin to connect with deeper, more fundamental levels of reality.

It comes as no surprise that the internet is abuzz with discussion, debate, and enthusiasm for Elon Musk and Tesla Corp’s big announcement yesterday – the Powerwall: A large lithium-ion battery that hooks up to your houses power supply (and a whole bunch of solar panels, if you like), allowing people everywhere to genuinely move ‘off the grid’ – as it were… Or at the very least, partially off the grid (depending on how you do it).

For those who install the Powerwall without any solar panels, it would primarily be for alleviating your electricity bill during peak hours when more electricity is usually used by average people in the 9-5 business world. Now, for those who are a little more daring, this large battery (or two) might just be the solution to a whole lot of problems that have been keeping solar energy from really sweeping across the globe.