Beyond Happiness: The Path to Enlightenment and Ascension

Often, I have asked myself what the one thing that everyone is looking for in their life—the highest calling that provides us with the greatest benefit, such as choosing to get 10 USD over 5 USD. Mry answer was “happiness,” as all our decisions and desires in life are guided by the ongoing desire to maximize positivity and minimize negativity.

We can even say that there is no logical decision that isn’t guided by emotional energy, as in order for us to choose anything we want to do, we need to feel first that the outcome is desired, positive, or of higher benefit to us.

I showcase this with a story of an individual described in my book Optimal Happiness, where due to an accident, an individual lost their ability to feel emotions and was therefore unable to make even the most basic life decisions that we take for granted, such as choosing the already mentioned 10 USD over 5 USD. Naturally, they could logically say that 10 USD was better than 5 USD and that logically, they should choose the 10 USD as it provides the highest utility. However, emotionally, they weren’t able to feel that 10 USD provides more positivity, and therefore, they would often not choose this seemingly obvious outcome. 

This lack of emotional guidance wasn’t as logical in other aspects of life, such as understanding why they needed to dress up or go to work. Eventually, they stopped doing virtually anything in life, transforming from one of the most productive members of society—with a family, a good job, and an active lifestyle—into someone who was completely dependent on others.

Furthermore, this makes sense as, above everything else in life, we want to find happiness—that is, to become as happy as we can be, or to find Optimal Happiness, making every decision guided by this positive desire.

However, we could say that there is one desire that supersedes happiness: the desire for enlightenment and ascension, as it is the desire to be with God. This desire seems to be universal and exists across every religion in the world, with some people suggesting that we are talking about the same God, even if we call it by different names.

Naturally, to avoid the age-old discussion over who is right or wrong regarding their religious beliefs, today we have even more ideas about what God could be, such as the idea that God is everything and nothing, that we live in something resembling the Matrix, and that it is all energy.

What’s important is to understand that a euphoric connection to God will provide far more happiness than what we can ever achieve by living a materialistic life. This means that, above everything else in the world, we want to be connected to God, but also that happiness is still a guiding light that directs our decision-making and leads us to God.

In this way, I remember a few movies that mentioned that some of the most advanced societies in the world eventually “die out” because they learn how to collectively ascend and reach higher planes of existence, guaranteeing an eternal life for all their citizens. This is naturally a utopian view of a society and is in line with what all major religions of the world are trying to do, but on a much grander scale.

After all, all major religions of the world tell us to “practice” our spirituality and follow its path. They try to incentivize us to do it to different levels of success, but this is a very hard process, as people progressively embrace the materialistic path.

However, if we can agree that above everything else in life we want to be happy, and the ultimate, optimal, or euphoric happiness is to be connected to God, resulting in enlightenment and ascension to a higher plane of existence, then everything else is a distraction. Ultimate, unconditional, and perfect happiness can only be found in trying to reach this highest goal.

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Stay happy!