How can spirituality support our happiness?

How can spirituality support our happiness?

Neal Tadken ( Associate Rector for Pastoral Care) gives expert video advice on: How is a clergyman's perspective on happiness different from the average person's?; What can others learn about happiness from a clergyman?; How does religion address the issue of happiness? and more...

At its best, I think a religious life supports our happiness when... when it gives us the tools to go deeper into ourselves and to realize our diving essence. I believe that we are all created by and connected to God, the ultimate divine... the force that has shaped and created all of creation. And when we alienate ourselves from that creation and alienate ourselves from ourselves; we cut ourselves off from the creator as well. And the more we can journey into the truth of our ultimate connection to God and each other, I think the more joy we do find in our lives, the more happiness we do find in our lives. It's just that willingness to embrace that journey with other people because we can't do it alone. Left to our own devices, I don't believe we can do it alone.