Within the Global Consciousness Project (GCP) even at the most formative stages was a practice known as "Five Minutes Happy Thoughts". The practice was started by the first Directeur of the GCP William de Bazin who believed that even the smallest amount of collective happiness could begin to heal the Noosphere. Every morning at 9:30, the GCP would all meet together and sit in front of a radio playing soothing music. They would then be directed to imagine their happiest moments or thoughts that filled them with joy which would end after five minutes. After the five minutes of happy thoughts the Scientists would all clap and cheer for each other. Now while this was practical back when the GCP was just a collection of Research Facilities it wasn't as much with a nation of over 800,000 people. To combat this problem, the Scientists of the GCP would broadcast on the radio at exactly 9:30 in the morning for everyone to begin their five minutes of happy thoughts.

In areas where radios were not as common, loudspeakers in the centre of small towns and villages would alert everyone to gather and begin their five minutes. The Scientists of the GCP made this compulsory for every single person within the lands of Congo, enforcing this with police planted in every town. Some areas the police were not as reliable and to counter that a propaganda campaign came with the five minutes. Children, teenagers, and adults were all told to report their peers for not participating in the five minutes of happy thoughts and thus damaging the Noosphere. If people were reported to the Special Police known as "The Ministry of Truth" they would be rewarded with more luxury or with various benefits.

Not all who were reported were guilty of course, but what was one wrong conviction to the possibility of repairing and preserving the Noosphere? It would not matter as those convicted with the crime of "Noosphere Terrorism" would be sent to camps to be re-educated in the ways of happiness and well-being. At those camps they would learn to be happy and content with life, as well as being given a minor procedure to improve their happiness. All those who left the happiness camps were shown to be 47% happier than those who have not attended in a GCP sponsored poll. All and all, the five minutes of happy thoughts greatly improved the society of the Congo and provided valuable repair to the Noosphere. Only if this could be spread world-wide.