Module 3 · Higher Ground: Happiness and the Sacred

Every great tradition moved happiness beyond the pleasant moment. Where did they put it — and what did they ask of you to get there?

The driving question, your gut answer, and how to read four traditions honestly whatever you believe.

Ecclesiastes' vapor, commanded joy, and the weekly rest that legislates happiness into the calendar.

The Beatitudes' inversion and Augustine's restless heart: happiness relocated past the grave, then handed back to this life.

Al-Ghazali walks away from the best job in the Islamic world, and describes the heart as a mirror worth polishing.

Ranked life-goals, karma yoga, and an honest comparison of what the traditions do and don't agree on.