Two sides of the same coin, we want one and we don’t want the other, of course! If you say you don’t, you’re either lying or already a Wise One.The happiness that comes when all our desires are fulfilled is superficial. All our expectations can’t be met 100% of the time, so this brand of happy is intrinsically linked with suffering.The deeper joy that we’re ultimately seeking is at the end of suffering. This is the bliss of our true Nature, our essential Self. It’s who we really and already are under the layers of c***p that we mistakenly take ourselves to be.We accidentally access this boundless dimension of ourselves in moments of awe, beauty and wonder. Mostly, we go back to ‘normal’ soon after. An experience can unexpectedly touch us so deeply, that it transports us into the sacred. The hallmarks of this is the strong, expansive presence of peace and the sense of time standing still.It’s possible to stabilise ourselves in this deeper dimension of joy so that it starts to imbue our everyday, waking reality with its fragrance. The end of suffering usually doesn’t come in a happy accident like fairytale many of us believe. Rather, it’s the flowering of intentionally cultivated evolutionary practice, done with consistency over time.The fantasy of magically landing into Self-mastery overnight somehow, is a disservice to our spiritual potential. Never getting started with a sincere, committed practice is a block to progress. True magic starts only once we begin.
Flag at Kunjapuri temple near Rishikesh, India