After presenting some background knowledge about the mind from the perspective of the sadhus, next, I discuss the contributions of Finding #2 to Western psychology and its differences with contemporary happiness theories Contributions of Finding #2 to Western psychology and its differences with modern happiness theories Theme and Subtheme 6.1 gave rise to Finding #2— Happiness has an animate nature Happiness is identical with consciousness but distinct from the human mind Next, I discuss the contributions of Finding #2 to Western psychological literature Finding #2 questions René Descartes’ conception of mind and body, and it seems, it has resolved the famous mind-body problem From the perspective of sadhus, like Finding #1 (see above, Finding #1 questions the happiness set-point theory), Finding #2 also seems to differ from the set-point theories of happiness that say happiness is a mental state or is coded in human genes Finding #2 considering René Descartes’ conception of mind and the famous mind-body problem This study’s Finding #2, which says happiness is the consciousness beyond the human mind, has informed the Western psychological literature specifically concerning the famous mind–body problem originating out of Rene’ Descartes’ (1596– 1650) conception of mind and body In the early 1600s, a famous French philosopher, René Descartes, wrote in his thesis, now known as mind–body dualism, that the mind and body are distinct (Skirry, 2018) Descartes concluded that the mind is entirely different from the body He said the mind is a thinking thing, and the body is a non-thinking thing, and they are entirely separate, and it is possible for one to exist without the other This conclusion gave rise to the famous mind–body problem, a matter of debate until today 190