This story is from December 28, 2023

Looking at joy the Osho way

This article discusses the concepts of joy, bliss, and happiness as explained by Sadhguru. Joy is described as a spiritual phenomenon that is separate from pleasure or happiness and is an inner experience. The article also criticizes society for not teaching individuals to be their authentic selves, leading to unhappiness. Bliss is portrayed as a state where the ego dissolves and there is only silence and nonbeing.
Looking at joy the Osho way
Joy is a wonderful feeling that extends beyond mere happiness. It's like a deep, glowing happiness within. It comes from appreciating what's around us, feeling grateful, and finding happiness in small moments. Joy helps us stay strong during difficult times and sparks our creativity. It's in laughter, in doing kind things for others, and in moments that make us feel truly alive.Joy makes life more fulfilling, brighter, and richer in meaning.
“Joy is spiritual. It is different, totally different from pleasure or happiness. It has nothing to do with the outside, with the other, it is an inner phenomenon.”
“You are being taught everything, but you are not being taught to be yourself. This is the ugliest form of society possible, because it makes everybody miserable.”
“Bliss means you have reached to the very innermost core of your being. It belongs to the ultimate depth of your being where even the ego is no more, where only silence prevails; you have disappeared. In joy you exist a little bit, but in bliss you are not. Th ego has dissolved; it is a state of nonbeing.”
“Live in the world without any idea of what is going to happen. Whether you are going to be a winner or a loser, it doesn’t matter. Death takes everything away. Whether you lose or win is immaterial. The only thing that matters, and it has always been so, is how you played the game. Did you enjoy it?—the game itself? Then each moment is a moment of joy.
“When you are so wrapped up in seeking pleasure you cannot love, because the person who seeks pleasure uses the other as a means.”

“Happiness has nothing to do with success. Happiness has nothing to do with ambition, happiness has nothing to do with money, power, prestige. It is a totally different dimension. Happiness has something to do with your consciousness, not with your character.”
“The grass beyond your fence is always greener, but don't jump the fence to see whether it is actually so. Enjoy it! If it is greener on the other side of the fence, enjoy it. Why destroy things by jumping the fence and finding out that it is worse than your own grass?”
“Happiness has nothing to do with success, happiness has nothing to do with ambition, happiness has nothing to do with money, power, prestige. Happiness has something to do with your consiousness, not with your character.”
“The pilot of a new jet plane was winging over the Catskills and pointed out a pleasant valley to his second in command. “See that spot?” he demanded. “When I was a barefoot kid, I used to sit in a flat-bottomed rowboat down there, fishing. Every time a plane flew by I would look up and dream I was piloting it. Now I look down and dream I am fishing.”

Your Idea Of Happiness Is Sickness #sadhguru


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