The Happiness Module covers the following topics:
- The true nature of happiness. How may happiness be acquired and how is it lost?
- Observation, the conscious perceiver and the present moment.
- Happiness and the service of the needs of others. To be happy is to be in tune with one's own nature. The relationship between happiness and law. The creative power of observation.
- The Vedic principle of 'May all be happy' and the principle of utility. 'The greatest happiness for the greatest numbers'. Observing the body at work and learning to ovserve the movements of the mind.
- The Platonic virtues: the divine and the human good. The eternal present and passing time.
- Marsilio Ficino (1433 - 1499). The immortality and divinity of the soul. 'Rejoice and be present'.
- The difference between pleasure and happiness.
- The different states of attention. Seven natural values: happiness, knowledge, fullness of life, service, generosity, beauty and love.
- Detachment, wealth, truth, self-respect, efficiency, duty and work. Attention and efficiency.
- The meaning and creative power of wisdom. Stepping free from the grip of passing time. Practice in relation to speech and conversation.
- The process of identification. The four principles of work. Being at one with the universe. The importance of not selling our happiness.
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