Acharya Prashant begins by explaining that one must first see that the happiness obtained by depending on others has a certain transience. This understanding helps one become disengaged from that kind of happiness. Otherwise, if a person is certain that the source of happiness is in the world or in others, the inspiration to seek differently does not arise. We are continuously seeking happiness in this or that, and while we may succeed, this success is incomplete and short-lived. We tend to highlight success as our achievement and downplay failure as a law of life. We have told ourselves that the universal order is to incessantly chase happiness, get it for a while, lose it, reclaim it, and lose it again. The common advice is that after you lose happiness, you should go for it again without being demotivated. When one has completely surrendered to this cyclical process, there is no possibility of examining it. This pursuit of happiness allows one to while away time and provides a pseudo-satisfaction of doing something meaningful, sparing one the agony of looking honestly at oneself. It allows one to conveniently wear a mask of seriousness. If you can see that this process is not something you want to remain with, then something else opens up. The speaker contrasts happiness with Joy, stating that the Ego does not like Joy because it is expensive, whereas happiness is cheap and can be bought like a burger. Joy requires selling away happiness itself, which is just the first installment. The Ego resists Joy because they cannot coexist for long; Joyfulness ultimately finishes off the Ego. Joy is defined as the ability to smile through a heartbreak; one cannot have Joy if one is too afraid of heartbreaks. Great epics and works of creativity have sprung from deep agony, which often acts as a trigger. To find Joy, one must first pass through agony, alone. By doing something alone, one gets a taste of aloneness, which is Joy. The speaker clarifies that the dawn of aloneness is preceded by the darkness of loneliness, and they coexist for a while. Once established in inner aloneness, there is no danger in socializing. Ultimately, Joy is about being unburdened and carefree; it is not a state. Explaining its meaning is difficult because it depends on what you perceive yourself to be. If you see yourself as a responsible person, Joy is going beyond responsibility. If you see yourself as clever, Joy is going beyond cleverness. Joy is not a dualistic state and does not have a fixed meaning.