Swamini Brahmananda, a female sadhu from the North East region of the United States, said, “… I am not the body; this world is not ultimately real, it is relatively real, that’s not who I am …” (personal communication, April 3, 2018), asserting sadhus realize their true nature is not the body or mind Here, while using the word body, Swamini Brahmananda pointed to the human mind-body-sense complex, not merely physical human body On this topic of happiness as consciousness beyond the mind, a White American female sadhu from the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, Swamini Nirmalananda, stated happiness is the spirit that dwells within, that defines human beings, who they truly are, and not the mind, what people usually think they are In her words, It’s not that I am mind, but I have a mind I have a body I have a mind But I am not the body I am not the mind I am the spirit that dwells within them … It is the spirit within you The spirit, the Divine essence is happiness personified It is happiness; it is pure happiness, pure peace, pure joy (personal communication, April 3, 2018) Swamini Nirmalananda used an expression, “happiness personified,” that suggested the animate nature of happiness Likewise, another male White American sadhu from the Pacific region of the United States, Swami Nigamananda, used two languages, Sanskrit and English, and said, “… the avastha traya sakshit (Sanskrit: avastha means a state, traya means three, and sakshit means witness) form the recognition that I am the sakshit (Sanskrit: witness) to all states of experience” (personal communication, Jan 31, 2018) Swami Nigamananda used the texts of the Upanishads to explain true human nature, which is happiness, is alive and continuously witnesses to all 131