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A Deeper Perspective on Joy

Written by Sen on October 27th, 2011

The word joy usually creates the image of a good feeling state and is sometimes used as a synonym for

happiness which is another word which creates an image of a good feeling state of being. But I look at

Joy in a very different manner than Happiness and through this post I would like to give you a

perspective on how I define what joy really is.

The way I define happiness (there is a post what is happiness on my blog) is as a state where the mind

feels fearless or secure in its reality a permanent knowing of happiness comes through when the mind

gets rooted in a deep understanding of the true nature of who we are (our invincibility as this pure positiveenergy thats all there is, our potential to create realities, and our eternal movement as the stream of life).

This deep knowing of your true nature is what enlightenment or awakening is all about, and its a

given that people who awaken to the truth of their existence are rooted in happiness irrespective of their

life experiences. The feeling of happiness remains because you are secure in your knowing of who you

are, irrespective of the myriad of experiences of physical life.

The way I define Joy is as a state of being where you feel rooted in happiness enough to really start

relishing/savoring the experiences of physicality you can only truly start en-joying life when you

are first stable in your knowing of the security that you have as the energy that you are. So to experience

Joy in its true sense you need to be first rooted in happiness.

Joy is about savoring physicality

Scientifically, death is defined as the end of your present physical form, which basically ends all your

resistance (because all the resistance comes from the negativity of the bodily brain/mind), and thus causes

you to merge fully into your natural vibration of pure positive there are no real variations in your

vibration in the non-physical and this causes you to be permanently rooted in your natural high

vibration all the time. So it looks as if death is a cool deal because it allows you to be totally free of

resistance and thus be rooted in your natural high vibration. But ask yourself, when a high vibration is

your constant state how long would it be before you get totally bored of it, remember that a constanthigh vibration is akin to no experience, in sometime you wont even have a remembrance of what a

high vibration is because you become permanent in that state. The non-physical is simply a no

experience state, if you just contemplate this state you know you will get bored of it in a while. (Its like

only eating sweets, and only a particular sweet, all the time without any change in taste)

A lot of people are out there seeking eternal happiness, either on earth or after death, without realizing

what a boring/dead state of being eternal happiness is. Pure positive is your natural vibration, and in the

absence of variations in your vibration, you just dont experience anything, its like being a block of ice.

The true joy for this pure positive energy, that you are, is to experience. When you are dead, and

become the non-physical energy again, you will know why you came into physical, why you decided tocome forth as a physical form it was all so you could experience, anything was better than being stuck

as a non-physical blob of pure positive vibration. When you really get this perspective, you will no longer

be in the mode of wanting to escape physicality, but will realize the beautiful gift that this state of being

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physical is for you.

Savoring physicality, and the way you are, through all the different experiences, is what really constitutes

joy. People talk about wanting to be free of fear, but they also enjoy sitting on the roller-coaster and

subjecting themselves to 3-5 minutes of absolute gut-wrenching fear. They enjoy the thrill of driving a

fast car or sking down a high slope or mountain climbing or sky diving, they relish the excitement of

watching a horror movie or playing a shoot-out simulation video game. In fact a lot of what we call thrill

or excitement is mostly the enjoyment of the sensation of fear because we feel secure in thecircumstance. In simple words, you enjoy fear when you know you are secure. The only time you

hate fear is when you feel insecure in it. The sensation of fear, in itself, is not the problem, the

problem is with the thoughts of insecurity. We can find joy in sensations of fear when we feel secure.

Happiness is the pre-requisite for en-joying life

The way I define happiness is the presence of a feeling of security. When you feel secure you will feel

happy. In this state of happiness, you feel ready to really en-joy the experiences of physicality, even

sensations of fear are welcome in this state of security. The only way to find true security in life is to

understand the truth of who you are, and the invincibility of the pure positive energy that is you. In thissecurity, you are no longer afraid of death, not afraid of endings, not afraid of new beginnings, not afraid

of change, and thus no longer afraid of the experiences of physicality. You also dont feel like you are

missing out on anything, just because you dont have this or that, because every single day affords a

multitude of experiences you are secure in your happiness through your knowing of your truth, and thus

you simply allow yourself to savor the experiences that come forth.

Physicality is the joy for the non-physical energy that you are. People who are trying to escape

physicality, or who are condemning physical experiences, for the promise of some rewards after death are

totally missing the point of existence. You dont have to do anything to become worthy because you are

already worthy, you are already divine, you are already pure positive energy you dont have to proveanything to any force out there, its all just you. Allow yourself to savor your physicality, your

experiences here and now, in whatever form it arises sometimes your body might feel high sometimes it

feels low, this is cycle of physicality, no experience ever lasts forever, everything is temporary, this is the

beauty of physical existence. You can look for joy in some future moment, and enjoy the anticipation of

it, and thats totally fine, but dont miss out on enjoying this moment also, as it is, in every way possible.

The paradox is that when you start looking to enjoy the present moment as it is, life automatically starts

moving in a direction of well-being and abundance, for you, because of the vibration of love/joy that you

become rooted in. Your future is assured of joy when you look for joy in the present. If you are going to

wait for joy to arrive, you may end up waiting a long time, because then the problem is with your attitudeor mindset rather than with the reality.

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7 comments

Allison says:

October 28, 2011 at 1:11 pm

I look forward to reading your posts. Thank you for all your writing. This post, in particular,

resonated. Yes, a joyful way of living and welcoming all of lifes experiences.

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Christie says:

October 28, 2011 at 1:56 pm

Awesome revelation! Am sharing this on my Facebook page with the public. Thank You, Sen.

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Oana says:

November 2, 2011 at 8:24 pm

Ever since my teens I have been feeling and saying that I am always Happy, but dont always feel

Joy, and I am grateful for the life experiences which do result in Joy to bubble over and wash over

me. This post is a very well-articulated description of how Happiness and Joy are different yet

intertwined.

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Harman says:

December 13, 2011 at 8:44 pm

Hello Sen, this particular blog brought tears into my eyes.. ..I felt so happy and at peace after

several days.I once read in punjabi ( is dehi ko simrey dev) means gods meditate to get this

physical form that me an you are in. but I never knew anyone who actuall really believe and in this.

So many people explains what is or what is not but no one has actually tasted a stillness. I can say

that after reading your blog I felt the different dimension of this universe.thankyou so much for posting.

Harman

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Dilip says:

December 14, 2011 at 10:27 am

Sen , I really apperciate your blog and have come out my worst phase. But still there are some

thoughts that trouble me and there are fears. I can say I am at a recovering stage, i am following

relaxed awareness. Could you tell me how much time will take it.

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Sen says:

December 14, 2011 at 2:18 pm


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Usually it can take anywhere close to 6 months (can be more or less depending on the

momentum of negativity you have going from the past attention) before you start feeling a

stability in your being, and a rootedness in your awareness. Its normal to feel impatient, and

what this transition to happen quickly, but remember that it took years of unconscious

attention to build up a momentum of negativity in your energy space and for it to dissolve in

intensity/energy it will take at-least a few months of dis-identification. Just keep allowing

yourself to stay as a space of relaxed awareness and rest assured the momentum of negativity

will ebb away in this space of allowing.

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Positive Thinking Vs Fearless Awareness says:

November 3, 2011 at 10:03 pm

[...] manifestation, you are looking in the wrong place for it. As Ive mentioned in the post Adeeper perspective on joy, happiness comes from an authentic security that you feel within

yourself when you are grounded [...]

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