Joy

The world is crying for one thing and that is Joy. God Himself is trying to establish only one thing on earth in His creation and that is Joy. What you call Joy, we call in the deeper philosophy Bliss. This Bliss comes only when we want to know the Truth, feel the Truth, realise the Truth and become the Truth. Until we become the Truth, there can be no abiding joy. Very often we are mistaken; we are confused by the words "joy" and "pleasure". Very often people mistake pleasure for joy. In the ordinary world, the human conception of pleasure is erroneous. Pleasure is something that binds you, something that is fleeting and immediately is followed by frustration, anxiety, worry and depression and so forth. But Joy, real Joy is something that constantly grows, flows and gives us the feeling that we can walk farther, we can dive deeper, we can fly higher. When we truly embody Joy, inner Joy, we become the perfect expression of God’s Vision, Promise and Reality. What is God’s Vision? God’s Vision is that each human being can be as perfect, as compassionate, as powerful and merciful as He is. That is His Vision. What is His Promise? God’s promise is that He will make each individual feel that he can become God Himself eventually. And what is God’s Reality? God’s Reality is that each individual is already God unmanifested. So when one really possesses inner Joy, one will be endowed with God’s Vision, God’s Promise and God’s Reality.

From:Sri Chinmoy,AUM — Vol. 4, No.10, 27 May 1969, AUM Centre Press, 1969
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