The reason Buddhism makes you happy is because of “Quicken”.

Quicken, the software accounting program for computers, refers to a lifestyle which is sustainable. There are many levels of sustainability. There is financial sustainability, this does not mean being rich, but it means having a lifestyle such that it will continue through difficult times. There is emotional sustainability. An emotionally sustainable lifestyle means loving others enough that we get love back.

There is a Spiritually sustainable lifestyle. This means protecting our “Dominion”.

Dominion is the ability of a human being to drive away demons, ancestors, and negative energies. Ths dominion is not always as intact as we sometimes think it is. Jesus himself said that “this type of demon” is only driven away through prayer and fasting. The idea is that not all spiritual forces are easily dealt with just by saying Jesus.

If we have opened certain doors in our lives through actions or attitudes then there are certain negative forces which may have entered our lives because of these open doors.

Enlightenment

Enlightenment includes living in a way that does not build up sludge and where it is impossible or very unlikely that we would be dragged into a bad situation.

Certain behaviors are not “wrong” but are like a leak in the gas tank of our life. They drain our energy, they tend to accumulate sludge and they run the real risk of causing us to enter a bad field.

Attitude about life.

An attitude which allows us to walk through many situations without being too Spiritually hurt and without opening negative door is to understand and acknowledge that negative people, and energies are appearing in our life for the purpose of being healed. Someone who looks angry at some level is wanting to be healed. This applies to all people.

The same idea is true of situations. A negative situation appears because it is needing and wanting for us to go through and feel the emotions underlying the situation so that it can be experienced and healed.