We are living in the most dangerous time in the history of humanity, and we have to be very careful about our happiness.
Because in every media: TV, internet, everywhere, there is poison. Every day, people immediately open their phones, and what do they see? What do you see? War, war, war. That’s not for us. We are for spiritual happiness. So, do we have to dig deeper into war, violence, and negativity? Absolutely not. The more there is violence and war in the world, the more the Raelians must be happy. Look for good news. There are many, but we have to select.
If you feel depressed or sad, it’s your fault. It’s because you look at news about war, bombs, children suffering. That’s your fault. I also check the internet in the morning, but I go through it very quickly, very quickly! And sometimes one good piece of news appears, and that one I read completely. Yesterday, I don’t know if it’s true or not, it’s not important, they explained that scientists created artificial eyes and implanted them in a blind man, and he can see. Many people didn’t see this news. But Iran, Russia, every negative news, they remember everything.
Why? Why put this poison in your head?
Elohim look at you. To prepare yourself to welcome the Elohim, you need happiness, not fear, not anxiety. Every day, welcome the Elohim in your heart. We must not think about the Elohim while feeling sad about what is happening on Earth. Every day there is good news, but we don’t see it. We so quickly look at war, violence, children crying and it’s a kind of sadistic destruction of yourself. If you focus on good news, your day will be much happier.
And you may say, “Oh, but there is no good news, only bad news, only war, only suffering.” That’s not true. There may be twenty bad pieces of news and one good one. I don’t know about the twenty bad ones. I see a photo of a tank, I don’t read. I see a child without arms, I don’t read. But scientific news about artificial eyes, that one I read completely, three times.
So, you are responsible for your level of happiness.
What you see, what you hear, what you read, everything is shaping your brain. And you don’t give any space to your heart. Your heart becomes very sad when there are war and violence. But the brain becomes curious: “What happened to this poor little boy without arms? Who did this terrible thing?” And you want to read more, to see more, even pictures of blood. That’s what normal people do, not Raelians. You turn the page, next, next. Anything negative or violent, you don’t look at it at all. And you create a happy brain.
Some people are surprised and ask: “With everything happening in the world, how can you organize Happiness Academies?” These people would like us to create sadness academies, where everybody gathers to complain about war, children dying, and more, and then they wonder why they are sad.
When they open their eyes in the morning, are they looking at the flowers, the sky, the clouds, we look at the clouds and try to see new animals. Do you do it? Do it! It’s fantastic. This morning, I also looked at the floor of my bathroom. It’s beautiful marble, with natural patterns, like drawings, like designs. Every time I sit on the toilet, I try to find new animals. Fifteen years here, and I still find new ones every day. So beautiful.
Beauty is everywhere. If you focus on beauty, you become beautiful.
Instead of complaining, take a simple example: it’s raining. Negative or positive? It’s a small detail, but very important. “Oh, it’s raining…sad” Or: “Wow, it’s raining! The garden will be more beautiful. The trees are happy, they have water.” It’s not a joke. You really have to focus on that. Snails can only come out when it’s raining because they have no legs. They move on their belly and need the ground to be wet. Every morning when it rains, I think: “Oh, the snails must be so happy.” I love snails. For me, they represent preconsciousness; slowly coming out, slowly moving. They have, I don’t remember exactly, about forty teeth, snails! to eat grass. No steak, just grass. It’s beautiful. The snail is one of my favorite animals.
And also, among animals, they have one of the longest mating times. Since I was a child, I have observed that. It’s fascinating. What is fantastic is that part of its life, a snail can be male and for another part, it can be female. When they are male, they produce male hormones and when they are female, they produce female hormones. When they meet, they check and they will play their part male or female based on the situation and that could be different a month later.
What a wonderful example for human beings. To be open. To be yourself. In a constantly changing state.
At one time in your life you may be attracted to women, at another time to men. This is being open-minded. But if you are closed-minded, you don’t want to see that. So, snails are a great lesson. And they come out only when it rains. So, rejoice, enjoy the rain. Like Bob Marley said: you can get wet in the rain, or you can dance. “Oh no, rain, I will get wet, panic!” Or: “Wow, let’s dance in the rain.”
Whatever happens, you can choose the positive or the negative. And when you choose the negative, you damage your brain. Even worse, you damage your heart. Everything in life can create positive or negative emotions. What do you choose? You choose. Like the song: “I choose love.” I love this song. Choose love. Love is not crying. Love is being happy and being happy about the happiness of others. The beautiful word is compassion. Maitreya is said to be the Buddha of compassion.
What is compassion?
For many people, compassion means crying with those who are sad. These false friends are not bad people; they are just conditioned in a negative way. They come to you when you are crying and say, “Oh poor you… what happened? Your boyfriend left you?” They dig into the negativity. True compassion is laughing with people who cry. If you cry together, everyone cries. But if you laugh…
I remember an old woman in Los Angeles, sitting on a bench in a public park. A man next to her was crying deeply. She looked at him and said: “There are thousands of women!” It was clear he was crying for one woman. “There are thousands of women! You can cry for one, or smile to the thousands.” Your choice. Better enjoy life.
I wrote a song about “petit bonheur”, little happiness. Big happiness is not interesting. “I’ll make one million dollars, then I’ll be happy.” Never. “I’ll have a new partner, then I’ll be happy.” Never. But looking at a snail, that’s little happiness. You see the snail smiling, forty teeth, you can see the smile, and this is a little happiness. You wake up… alive. This is my little happiness time.
I’m surprised every morning, wow! Still alive. But you have to focus on it. If you wake up and think, “Okay, just another morning like every other morning,” it’s not interesting. Wow, I’m alive. I can go and dance in the rain. I can play with the snail. This little happiness, that’s what creates happiness. The petit bonheur.
If you focus only on big happiness, you may never have any.
So, every day, count how many little happinesses you have. Big happiness, maybe one every year. Little happiness, you can have hundreds every day. Looking at a flower in the garden, feeling the rain on my head, every moment is happiness. I don’t want just one happiness; I want hundreds every day. You can have it; you just have to find it. Every day, you have hundreds of little happinesses: winning at pétanque, eating something good, a good sushi, a good glass of sake, little happinesses.
But pay attention, because you have hundreds of happinesses every day. Better to feel that than to watch the war in Iran. Your choice. Same eyes, same brain, same heart— Iran… or the snail? Children dying of starvation… or the rain falling on my head? So, it’s your choice. And every time, there is a little happiness. And there are constantly new happinesses.
Say it, say it: “Thank you, Elohim.”
The Elohim gave us this power, to be happy just from the sun or the rain. And if you raise your level of supraconsciousness, you are no happier when it’s sunny than when it’s raining. “Oh, beautiful sunny day, wonderful!” Same energy: “Oh, it’s raining!” Do it, because it is. Whatever happens, war, earthquake, tsunami, typhoon… (long time without a typhoon, I start to miss it!). Have this positive attitude, it’s your life. It’s not black or white. It’s not negative or positive. It is.
That’s the teaching of Buddha: witness, witness and then happiness is constantly inside you.
