The Path Through Unhappiness to Happiness

In the first part of the book, I describe my life’s path, which has much in common with that of many people who are just living their lives out to the end, whose lives are just dragging on. I use the specific phrase “dragging on” because few of us can confidently say – without it being a lie – that we are happy 24 hours a day. After all, we’re used to seeing our lives the way we see a zebra – as black and white. Because of this, our happiness is temporary. It’s dependent on external circumstances, and so, it’s false happiness, not genuine. And this in spite of the fact that we humans have been given the unique opportunity to be truly happy our entire lives. In this book, I tell of my search for a happiness that is not fleeting, but rather, eternal and unshakeable. The second, more practical section of the book tells how to control the disturbed, choppy mind that is the source of much of our suffering, and how to view all that happens in life with conscious perception.