Table of Contents:

REALIZATIONS

REALIZATION 1. Money Does Not Buy Long-Term Happiness

REALIZATION 2. Meditation Is a Powerful Tool to Calm and Center the Mind

REALIZATION 3. Deep Psychological Investigation Heals Hidden Wounds

REALIZATION 4. The Roots of Trees Reveal Built-In Pathways to Happiness

REALIZATION 5. Our Evolutionary Ancestors Connect Us to the Tree’s Happiness Roots

REALIZATION 6. Deeply Embedded Individualism and Competition Prevent Long-Term Happiness

REALIZATION 7. The Earth’s Oldest Meditation Aligns us with Hunter-Gatherer Values

REALIZATION 8. Connecting Vedic Meditation with Peripheral Vision Develops Love and Empathy

REALIZATION 9. Sitting and Walking with Trees Brings Rewarding Interconnections with All Beings

REALIZATION 10. Aligning Us with the Hunter-Gatherers, Jesus, and Buddha to Save Our Species

ACTION ITEMS

ACTION ITEM 1 Add Nature to Our Value Systems

ACTION ITEM 2 Provide More Emphasis on Supporting Female Beings

ACTION ITEM 3 Reform Our System of Capitalism to Bring Happiness to All Beings

PRACTICES

PRACTICE 1 Vedic Meditation

PRACTICE 2 Daily Remembrance

PRACTICE 3A Morning Widened Vedic Meditation

PRACTICE 3B Afternoon Widened Vedic Meditation

PRACTICE 4 Forest Breathing

PRACTICE 5 Walking with Trees

APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1 Thich Nhat Hanh Mindfulness Trainings

APPENDIX 2 The Importance of Access to Nature

APPENDIX 3 Transcendental Meditation Experience of Others

APPENDIX 4 Peripheral Vision

APPENDIX 5 United Nations Recommendations to Reduce Climate Change

APPENDIX 6 Leading a Group Meditation

APPENDIX 7 Additional Teachings from Trees and Plants