The twelve pathways sounds too idealistic. Wouldn't one feel out of place if their life is only taken up by happiness? There is no sadness or negative emotions to contradict the happiness to bring out the importance and value of happiness. If it is used to trigger a calm feeling regardless of the situations we face, that would be a different story. But if you're really hurt, and you're backstabbed by the same person you forgive over and over again because the twelve pathways states that we can trigger the type of emotion we want for every event that happened to us. That don't make sense, does it? At the least we should know how to protect ourselves instead of blindly loving and accepting everyone.