Great Misunderstanding: Discover Your True Happiness with a Simple New UnderstandingDiscover Your True Happiness With A Simple New Understanding. The Great Misunderstanding shows us that we are conditioned to believe in duality, perceiving ourselves as separate from the world. We deeply misunderstand who we really are. John David's playful Zen stick deconstructs our misunderstanding. Using actual meetings and situations from his life, he intertwines the ordinary with the extraordinary to deliver a profound and life changing message.