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The Happiness Trap - Yogi Explains

Summary

, 13 min

Why chasing happiness is a dualistic trap, told in three stages: learning that joy must come out of peace, Tad James's NLP view of happiness as simple, and Ashok Singh's rebuke that practice yields joy and bliss, not happiness. Meaning, love, joy, bliss and laughter are offered as transcendent alternatives that last.

In this video

Teaches
Joy vs happiness
Discusses
Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)Tad JamesAshok SinghDual and non-dualMeaning of lifeTranscendence
Mentions

Key moments

00:00Happiness, meaning and transcendence00:42In the ashram: excitement peaks, then deflates01:22Joy has to come out of peace first01:59Tad James and NLP: happiness made simple03:14Remember a happy time and feel it now04:09Ashok Singh yells: it's not happiness04:54Happiness is dualistic: cause and effect06:22Giving up on happiness, and what's left08:18Avocados and runny eggs vs a carbohydrate crash09:17Entering the world of transcendence10:21Life can be up or down, still meaning and love11:36Living in the Divine Comedy11:52The best transcendent program