SHORT CUT TO HAPPINESS DR SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

The essential mainstream of our life ( apart from various other aspects) is the ASCENT (through obvious or latent study, practice and growing insights in NAMASMARAN). We gradually ascend from the dependent stage of childish selfishness (pained or pleased by even trivial matters); through the adult selfishness (temporarily pleased and pained by gratification or deprivation of physical needs, desire, instincts, emotions (ego) in many ways); through grown up selfishness (being happy or sad in the happiness or griefs of others respectively); through the realization of the vital and pivotal role of NAMASMARAN in the individual and universal blossoming; through maximum possible efforts to share this realization (viz. efforts for globalization of NAMASMARAN) with the others; to the subsequent stages of revelations and greater freedom, peace, benevolence and fulfillment viz. Gurukrupa, which are indescribable.
The stages may vary in their details; in different individuals.
But there is no shortcut.