International happiness day was on July 10. This is a day that we can celebrate with a whole heart. That???s because we know the secret happiness. It is hidden in the last place you would ever expect: the very place where you actually experience it.
We have given up the because in I am happy because???.... We have given up asking our spouse, our house, and our car to provide us with something that they just don???t have.
Now we can return to what we are
Now we can relax and return to the place where we always were anyway. That???s because we are the depth of the ocean unaffected by the ups and downs of the waves in life. We know that the impermanence of the things that we see point us back to our real nature, the seer, which remains unchanged. Yes, in all of the changes that we see there is one thing that remains constant and that is the seer. The seer is who we really are, not some limitation like a body, mind or any other object that we see or imagine.
Happiness comes from the seer and not from limited objects. Here we find happiness that is so deep that it is there before we can even smile. There is no expression that can adequately convey the source of happiness.
Unseen by the mind we know this happiness directly because we rest in reality. Here reality knows reality by its self without the need for a separate reality. This is the peace that passes all understanding.
Stop pretending to be limitation
Why put on airs when we can rest in our natural state. Are we afraid that if we stop pretending to be limitation we will not experience what we really are? This is just a lack of self knowledge. When we stop pretending we become the deepest joy that we really are. So this is my blog in honor of International Happiness Day.
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Tuesday we hold a meeting here in our house in Los Gatos California.
All too often it is only my wife and I that attend. But we still have a
wonderful time. If you find yourself in this area and would like to
attend here is a link where you can find more information
www.ananya.com/talks.html
Other resources available to you
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understanding of this Self-Knowledge or if you just want support for your practice,
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and read down the main column. Also check out the different links that
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provide as resources. They can help you to sharpen the focus of your
meditation practice.
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to can find out about and wake up to this wisdom.
You have my best wishes,
Michael Gluckman
