Ever wondered why having more never seems to be enough?
In a world full of noise, one ancient path dares to tell the truth about happiness. And it has nothing to do with what’s in your bank account or on your resume.
Most people spend their lives chasing happiness, only to find it slips further away with every achievement. Hermetic wisdom teaches that happiness isn’t something we find “out there.” It’s something we must build within.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything right and still feel something’s missing, this is your invitation to awaken to a new way of living.
The Modern Problem: Why We Feel Empty Despite Having Everything
The Spiritual Crisis of Our Time
We live in strange times. We have more comfort and technology than any generation before us. Yet we also have more anxiety, depression, and inner pain than ever. This isn’t just bad luck. It’s a spiritual crisis.
As Dr. Dario Salas Sommer writes in Cosmic Currency, “such existential emptiness is the real cause of the lack of values, disorientation, materialism, violence, lack of meaning in life, cynicism, drug addiction, and antisocial behavior.” This spiritual poverty affects millions of people today.
The problem is simple but hard to see. We’ve been taught to look for happiness in all the wrong places. We chase money, titles, and things. We think the next purchase or promotion will finally make us feel complete. But it never works.
In The Stellar Man, Dr. Sommer points out that “despite historical advances, the inner nature of sapiens has scarcely evolved.” Our technology has grown incredibly fast. But our ability to find real inner peace has stayed the same.
This creates what we might call the “happiness trap.” We keep reaching for external things to fill an internal void. Each time we get what we wanted, we realize it wasn’t the answer. So, we reach for something else. The cycle never ends.
The Hidden Programs Running Our Lives
Here’s something most people don’t realize: much of what we think we want isn’t really our choice. Dr. Sommer reveals that most people live under the influence of what he calls the “collective computer of the species.” These are inherited patterns of thought and behavior that feel like personal choices but aren’t.
Think about it. Why do you want what you want? Did you choose those desires yourself? Or did society, family, and media program them into you?
Most people asking “how to be happier” are actually following someone else’s script. They chase goals that were never really theirs to begin with. This is why achieving those goals never brings lasting satisfaction.
The truth is both simple and revolutionary: real happiness can’t be found outside yourself. It must be built from within.
Why External Success Always Falls Short
When More Becomes Less
Our culture sells us a lie. It says that happiness, worth, and meaning come from having more. More money, more recognition, more stuff. But this is just an illusion.
Dr. Sommer warns that people who chase material success as an end goal “often discover too late that they have become spiritually bankrupt in the process.” The very pursuit that promised to make them happy actually made them empty inside.
This doesn’t mean success or money are bad. The problem comes when we make them our main source of self-worth. When we do this, we become slaves to external symbols that can’t actually fulfill us.
Real success, according to Hermetic philosophy, doesn’t come from getting more. It comes from becoming more. It comes from developing your consciousness and inner capacities.
The Poverty That Can’t Be Cured with Money
The deepest poverty isn’t about lacking money or things. It’s about a lack of awareness. Most people, Dr. Sommer explains, live in a kind of trance. They think they’re awake and making conscious choices. But they’re actually running on autopilot.
In this sleepy state, people “chase desires they don’t understand, adopt values they never questioned, and seek happiness in things that were never meant to provide it.” This is the real poverty—not of resources, but of consciousness.
The way out begins with a simple but radical step: wake up. Start observing yourself. Notice the difference between what you really want and what you’ve been programmed to want. Only through this kind of conscious awareness can you escape the happiness trap.
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