By Remez Sasson
In a state of deep happiness the thinking process stops or almost stops, and there are no thoughts. There is inner silence of the mind, inner peace, and worries and problems are forgotten for a little while.
If you examine the state of your mind when in deep happiness, you will discover that the sense of happiness and bliss is experienced on a background of inner peace and inner silence.
True happiness is not brought about by external circumstances, events, objects or people, though they often trigger the sense of happiness or indirectly bring it about. They might make it easier for happiness and bliss to emerge, but happiness and bliss actually come from the inside, when certain factors are present.
Happiness and bliss are always here, but covered by thoughts, desires and fears. They are part of the real you. When thoughts, desires or fears disappear, happiness and bliss emerge. When you experience success, love or any positive outcome, worries and problems drop away temporarily, allowing the happiness and bliss within you to emerge into your consciousness.
Through meditation, concentration and developing the ability to calm down or silence the mind at will, one can remove the obstacles to happiness and bliss, and can experience them more often and independently of circumstances and situations, at any time and place.
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I enjoyed this article and the distinction it makes between happiness and bliss.
In the realm of words, there are some who say happiness is a product of the
personality; joy is a product of the soul; and bliss is a product of the spirit. This
is useful in that you can monitor where your response comes from based on which of the three you are experiencing.
A nice article. I started reading a lot of books to find out exactly what is happiness. Some of the books began to describe happiness, compare happines, explain scientifically how the brain senses and how we feel happy. In the end I felt I was at the same place. I had gained no insight into what exactly is happiness. Then I read the book written by Paul Coelho “The Alchemist”. It was after that I realised, I had been all these days wasting my life instead of being happy. I had happiness within me but went about looking for it.
Thanks