The Elder Sage

The Elder Sage

Think Your Way to a Happier Life

The forgotten art of governing the mind.

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Mar 21, 2026
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Everyone wants to be happy, yet most people seek happiness in the external world — in circumstances, possessions, and other people.

But happiness isn’t found in these things. Or if it is, it’s only temporary. The true source of happiness lies within us: in the way we think. But not just any kind of thinking. It’s thinking, not with the mind, but with the intellect.1

According to the language of ancient philosophy, Sanskrit, the faculty of thinking is called buddhi, intellect.

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