Happiness is not something that comes or doesn't come from outside. Happiness is a state of consciousness that depends on how well we understand things. We should not imagine that we have come to earth to live in ease, but to learn and improve. True and definitive happiness can only come from us and from the way we perceive things. Human societies prohibit or allow certain actions, certain behaviors. But I will not dwell on the issue of knowing the value of human laws. The laws I am talking to you about are those that have been established from the beginning by Cosmic Intelligence. They are the ones that we all must know and respect in order to achieve our freedom. Freedom is one of the noblest aspirations of man, and nothing is more precious than freedom. But its conquest has a price. Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov