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"Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want," he explains. The way to peace involves focusing on one overriding desire and letting go of the rest, maintaining calm and clarity in mind. He emphasizes that true stability comes from calmness, a quiet mind, and the mastery of inner life, not external achievements.
He draws on Buddhist wisdom, noting that peace from the mind is superior to fleeting external pleasures—substances, experiences, or material goods—that are all subject to hedonic adaptation.