The Science of Happiness

i know you've thought a lot about and written about kind of this western european model of contemplative approaches. And then there's this ancient tradition, you call it an indigenous science, towards the mind and towards the spirit that really has a lot to offer. What do you see is some of the can a big themes coming out of this indigenous science that are ripe for bringing in to positive psychology? Well, the diversity and the mindful awareness of our ecological belonging. I think that's really k initially, in most of these traditions, there's an inherent focused on collective so they look for enhancing and strengthening communities. But we in the west have become so focused on individual well being that