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Mr Hayes' ideas sound very similar to those in the book on 'the conquest of mind' or something (can't recall the exact title), and others on meditation as practiced by mystics for centuries, written by Sri Eknath Easwaran. Read the first sentence in the book, which goes something like: "Life is hard," or something to the effect that suffering is more the norm in life.
Today, the common culture focuses on how one satisfy one's WANTS in life (and not one's real NEEDS) in order to "live well," as defined by the consumerist culture. Mr Easwaran's books teaches one how to slow down and really live in the moment, in order to have a fuller life, in contrast to the constant pressure upon everyone today to multitask so as to get everything done yesterday. The latter can be a source of great stress for many people.
And so, while the USA boasts the most materially abundant people in the world, are they necessarily the happiest, too?
