Can you say too much about happiness? It is natural for human beings to want to be happy and to escape having a miserable life. We all yearn for the state of Happiness, a natural condition like the changing of the seasons. Our ignorance causes us to suffer, but it is unnatural to suffer. Happiness materializes from the wisdom that comes from the enjoyment of life and its pleasures.

To attain this perfect wisdom is to work to comprehend fully the purpose of life. It is important that we also realize completely the relationship of human beings to each other. It is our wish to put an end to all suffering and to escape every ill and evil that afflicts us. True understanding of what makes us happy is perfect wisdom and has the power to deliver limitless joy and happiness.

Why is it important for us to suffer in life? We lack the spiritual illumination that alone can light the way and enable us to move safely among the obstacles that lie before us. In the grand scheme that exists in nature, evolution forces us to move forward. As if we are moving through a dense jungle, we do not even see or suspect the presence of trouble until it suddenly leaps upon us like a tiger camouflaged by its evolutionary stripes.

One day we enjoy our family circle happy in its completeness. Perhaps soon, death will pay a visit and replace our joy with agony. Have you ever had a friend today that became an enemy tomorrow and we were left wondering why. It is possible to enjoy wealth and all material luxuries only to undergo a sudden change and be left only with poverty and misery. As we age, we begin our time with health and strength; but they depart and leave us wondering why. It is human nature to seek in vain for the reason why this has to be the way of life.

Along with the greater tragedies of life there are innumerable obstacles of lesser importance that continually cause us to suffer many little miseries and minor heartaches. In our desire to avoid them, we are surprised by them when they arise and in the darkness of our ignorance we stumble upon them. Our worldly knowledge prevents us from using spiritual illumination that would enable us to enjoy a panoramic view giving us the power to see the hidden causes of human suffering and reveal to us their existence so that we are able to avoid them.

If we were to reach illumination in our evolutionary journey, then the travel through life could be made both comfortable and swift. Our lack of spiritual site makes us pass through life as if it were a complicated maze with obstacles in our path that block our way and filled with twists and turns that we cannot foresee. The result leaves us with bruises and our progress is slow and painful. If we were blessed with spiritual illumination, we could then make the same journey quickly enjoying perfect safety and comfort.