One day as I was climbing the stairs to my office, a delightful bliss moment occured and I was gifted with a bundle of Joyful glee in the moment... devoid of thought... just joy and laughter...
There is a difference between Joy and happiness...
Happiness is an ego emotion that usually depends upon a specific life situation at the time... perhaps everything seems to be going as we had hoped... at least in the current time-frame...
Happiness has as its opposite... sadness... when things are going less than we had hoped or expected...
Both 'Happy' and 'Sad' are natural reactions to our ego attachments, beliefs, assumptions, and expectations... combined with the situation...
On the other hand, Joy enters beyond the stillness of the moment as a state of being... we may sense and feel the energy of this being-state, but it really has no opposite, unless you want to suggest its absence is its opposite...
Joy flooded from being in the moment and without thought or circumstance... pure bliss celebrates Life as it is...
Joy-Bliss was a gift of grace... not sought after or asked for...simpy presented by Life... and we can but give thanks!
Instaneously I 'knew' this was 'IT'... this was the pure essence of Life... right here...right now...
Again...THANKS!
