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"The Power of Now" discusses the harm of thinking, stating that only in the present can one find peace. Does this contradict the idea that "thinking is happiness"? The ambiguity of language is full of nuances; what is thinking? What is thought? The definitions are not quite the same. In "thinking is happiness," this thinking refers to the broadest form of mental activity. Even in so-called "enlightenment," the brain is still at work; how can one be "empty"? Perhaps one thinks they are empty, but from an objective standpoint, the brain is always functioning, and that is thinking. Thinking is happiness; in fact, existence is happiness. Because thought itself is an uninterrupted release of the instinct for survival, it stimulates us regardless of pain; any form of stimulation hides happiness. Because of pain, there is existence; because of existence, there is happiness. Life itself is happiness. The power of now does not exclude thinking. What moment is not in the present? Eating, drinking, all are moments in the present. Even overthinking is a moment in the present. We just need to realize that this is a moment in the present. Thinking, of course, is also a moment in the present. "Sailing a tiny boat across a vast expanse of uncertainty." This is the state of thinking.