To Be Happy with Everything

Posted by Mark Zimmerman Jul 25, 2007

VIDEO: To Be Happy with Everything (and Not Less) - [02:48]

In an era where we are viewing our desires as problematic and harder to fulfill, many turn to methods of suppressing their desires and "being happy with less." In this interview, Rav Laitman states that it is impossible to be happy with less. Laitman doesn't talk about "suppressing" our desires in order to be happy, but "correcting" our desires. Rather than trying to tell ourselves we don't want something, or "letting something go" from our thoughts in order to feel empty and content... Rav Laitman talks about how we have to learn how to use each of our desires correctly.

Using our desires correctly is done through the intention we place above the desire: "for what purpose do I use this desire?" Laitman maintains that once we learn how to use all our desires correctly, we will achieve a completely different level of existence than our current one, "the whole of reality" or "Godliness" in his terms. Moreover, he states that realizing this achievement is the purpose of us being created.

VIDEO: To Be Happy with Everything (and Not Less) - [02:48]