Passing the time

[Aureus]

What did guatama mean when he said "happiness can only be found within"? Did he mean external circumstance doesn't matter?

Something along the lines of: You have the power to change yourself to the better; to become more resillient to the pain and suffering that your current problems are causing. To reveal this self you must go inside, identify the blockages and work to lessen them.

This is done through honest introspection and examination of experience.. The quickest route is meditation.

I know for a fact that meditation is taking me successively higher and further away from the broken being I used to be.