Acharya Prashant addresses a question about chasing happiness and the motivation for work. He clarifies that one should not stop chasing happiness, but rather chase great, true, high, and lasting happiness—one that is free from sadness and fear. He explains that the happiness people usually chase is not high or lasting and is accompanied by fear and sadness. The problem lies with this normal kind of happiness. The knowers and sages, whom he calls 'super hedonists,' did not aim for ordinary happiness but for absolute happiness, which is the true purpose of life. This absolute happiness is without end and without a second. Therefore, the usual happiness we chase is considered nonsense because it is built on fear, is a shadow of sadness, and leaves behind a feeling of want and shallowness. He introduces the concept of 'Satchidanand,' which he translates as Truth, Consciousness, and Joy. He states that Joy is the proof of living in Truth and Consciousness, and therefore, wisdom cannot be against happiness. He refutes the common image of sages as gloomy, asserting they were immensely joyful people who retreated to the jungles because our cities and villages are joyless. He explains that joy is a superior kind of happiness, existing in a different dimension from ordinary happiness. If happiness is on the x-axis, joy is on the y-axis; it is not merely a linear extension of happiness. Regarding the motivation for work, Acharya Prashant explains that while we are accustomed to working out of a sense of incompletion to attain something, a superior quality of work emerges when one works out of fullness and satisfaction. One would work *because* one is happy. This type of work, which he refers to as 'Nishkam Karma' (action without desire for its fruits), is the only kind worth doing. It is action that comes from a place of already having, not from a place of wanting to attain. He suggests that to cultivate this, one should practice doing things from which one gets nothing, or even loses something. While this may seem bitter at first, it will develop a taste for a strange kind of pleasure, leading to true joy.