Whether rich or poor, spiritual or materialistic, believer or atheist, educated or uneducated-every human being seeks one thing: happiness. Yet, what happiness means differs from person to person. We spend our entire lives chasing it, often in desperation. But ironically, despite all efforts, happiness seems to slip through our fingers. Instead of fulfillment, most people are weighed down by worries, disappointments, failures, and disease. Even those who lead good, virtuous lives are not exempt from suffering. Why is this so? Why do children born to the same parents-with the same environment-end up so different in intellect, fortune, and ability? Why does peace remain elusive, and insecurity grow even in a world overflowing with knowledge and religion? These are questions that have haunted humanity for ages. Countless saints, prophets, and teachers have tried to guide us, yet the desired transformation has not occurred. What is the cause of this disparity in human experience? Can it be corrected? If so, how, and by whom? To these eternal questions, Navajyothi Sri Karunakara Guru, the revered Founder of Santhigiri Ashram, offers clear, satisfying answers-answers that resonate not only intellectually but through direct self-experience. According to Guru, humanity stands at the threshold of a great spiritual correction. He is the soul foretold in prophecies across the world-from the Buddha, Jesus Christ, and Sri Narayana Guru to Aurobindo and even Nostradamus.