Happiness is something everyone desires. Yet how to find
happiness–or even if we deserve to–remains a mystery. Still
more mysterious is the secret to a lasting happiness that
cannot be taken away. In The Ultimate Happiness
Prescription, bestselling author Deepak Chopra shows us
seven keys to uncover the true secrets of joy in the most
difficult times.
The goal of life is the expansion of
happiness, he contends. But in today’s demanding world, that
goal seems elusive, if not impossibly out of reach. Society
reinforces the belief that fulfillment comes from achieving
success, wealth, and good relationships. Yet Chopra tells us
that the opposite is true: all success in life is the
by-product of happiness, not the cause.
So what is
the cause? The Ultimate Happiness Prescription shares
spiritual principles for a life based on a sense of your
“true self” lying beyond the ebb and flow of daily living.
Simple daily exercises lead to eliminating the root causes
of unhappiness and letting a deeper level of bliss unfold.
After all avenues to happiness have been explored
and exhausted, only one path is left: the journey to
enlightenment. In The Ultimate Happiness
Prescription, the daunting and exotic challenge of
finding enlightenment becomes accessible step by step. We
are taken on an inspiring journey to the true self, the only
place untouched by trouble and misfortune.
On the
way we learn the secrets for living mindfully and with
effortless spontaneity. Now happiness is no longer hostage
to external events but an experience we carry with us
always. As Chopra inspiringly concludes, “Everything we fear
in the world and want to change can be transformed through
happiness, the simplest desire we have, and also the most
profound.”