Enigma's Take on Happiness

Absolutely the ground of Being is joy and happiness the natural state. And yes healing is there as you are not in the way. You only have to look at a sages eyes to have this understanding. Just Being is a word I do embrace as I tried to language this in the beginning to put over a language to describe the indescribable. All words fall short in truth.

Just as I normally see Donna on a Monday. Just walking in to her home and seeing a puppy there. And saying where has he come from? And Donna you could bring an army in front of her she is like the poster Satch Chit Ananda always focused pointing at That. Use the right words ......Donna , satch chit Ananda and Barry Long would make an interesting meet up. Whereas Ian and I would be just looking at each other in silence. Smiling. We can still a mind just through touch and staring. Why go the long route of using words and practice. So many ways to This.

Why so many seekers come along and talk of Being with non duality teachers and then half way say I've lost what I was about to say. My mind slips the trail of thoughts just by looking at you.

Then there is the beautiful creative expression of joy and happiness that's felt in others in Donnas presence as the mind stills and they temporarily connect have glimpses of their natural state. One day She was half way through changing the covers on her bed and she felt a puppy was pining for her as he was the last one left. And she had to sit down on her bed. This is the spontaneity that arises the movement without thought. And her partner was saying a puppy is waiting for you?? He's used to her saying things like this. But as Donna found a number and the number held her she phoned the woman for her to say I have one puppy left. And they went there but she knew he was coming home with her. Her partner was doing all the mind stuff having the money in place, filling the car with petrol, etc. She just got in the car. As she was recalling the events the story of Jesus and the lost sheep came to mind. I love you more than the ninety nine.

And it's the side to Ramana that's very rarely talked about away from telling the seeker to focus on the I AM how he would spontaneously dance with his cow. Have squirrels squatting in his grass roof. Enjoy them running over his body. He once said it's a good job he didn't get married no woman would have been able to keep up with his habits. But this the ground of Being just as the words of sages past Sat Chit Ananda that embraces all where the joy and happiness is the part of the natural state. And laughter too haha.

I try to keep all meaning simple as my first tantric teacher taught me. Why making love with my partner is very intimate as the body knows what to do and the stillness is felt within her as I tear through her past emotional pain body, mind and maya. Her heart opens to say this is Love as she is made more nothing. All over India you can see the lingham and yoni. Some have just been found in architectural sites. Dating thousands of years ago. I feel many of the awakened sages were female Gurus. I feel this tradition is coming back in. Even Donna when I had first met her handed me some post cards from Devon. One was of Shiva and the other of lingham and Yoni. I was amazed even to say you came across these in Devon. We would spend time at a Hindu temple near to us. It's well known. I had to bring her there to just lie on the grass.


Just seeing Eckhart Tolle on the stage I feel he is part of this change of bringing these past traditions in. I know we will meet one day. As Vancouver seems to be a place where I'm coming across people around him.

When I met Ian he gave me his book. I've never read it but just opening the book he had written the words Bach keep all meaning simple. Same words as my first teacher.

It's how I try and meet people. It seems to work for some. Every sage just points at what's already there in your own heart just a turning in is required. Your true Self will make the adjustments, it's not in your hands. Even this conversation it's all grace. It's all coming from within you.


From my side I have never uttered a word as I know not what I am. Everything you see feel and touch is me and still isn't me. For those that know thee no words can paint.

...and be part of the solution.

It's important to walk with both feet, the warning foot that never forgets how fragile life on earth is and warns about the dangers we are facing, and the other foot that is imagining/painting/drawing a beautiful and joyfull future for all of us, humans, animals and Nature. Without an utopia, without a vision of a better world, we are doomed to deal with reality as it currently is and that's no fun.

I strongly believe in a happy ending.

Let those drive/fly the ship, our beautiful planet earth, who are lovers and peacefull creative thinkers.

I agree. Our differences mostly lie in the way words are being defined, I think. I think at this point, he's even agreed that while Peace itself, as he uses it, does not specficially reference a 'feeling' per se, or something that is experienced, Peace is known 'through' experience.

For me, Peace is just a silly word to use to reference the absence that gives rise to experience that is devoid of suffering...why not just use 'absence'...much less confusing imo.



Seems to me there are two different 'shades' of happiness being referenced there; IN the first, (happiness as the absence of suffering), the fundamental sense of goodness, inherent in experienced being, is referenced, and in the 2nd, (permanent positive happiness), the more surfacey, positive feeling that is tied to a wanted happening.

One is the naturally occuring feeling that arises in experience, that goes hand in hand with unfettered Being, and the other (still the same sense of goodness/wellbeing), but, it is happening 'as a result' of something else happening in experience. It is 'tied to' experience circumstance in a way that means it will disappear from the surface of experience, the moment the condition that gave rise to it, disappears from experience.

And of course, that is always going to happen where experiences are concerned, as they are always changing/shifting.



Sure. Of course. The happiness that abides when a loved one dies, is not there 'because' a loved one died, but rather, it's there in spite of the sense of loss, and abides alongside, underscores, the experienced loss of form.

When my brother died, I cried and felt the sense of physical loss of him, but alongside that, was a deep, pure, profound joy. It was as though in my physical loss of him, I gained something that filled my heart to overflowing, and while it didn't completely cancel out the sense of loss, (I still have moments where I miss his physical presence in my life) it 'colored' it in a way that took the 'hurt' and made it something beautiful... if that makes any sense. It is very hard to put into words how one can be knee deep in sadness and acknowledging that indeed, something loved and enjoyed has been forever changed, and yet, simultaneously, be awash with Love. The terms; reverence, joy, bliss, encompassing light, hint towards the experience. It's been 11 years, and my relationship with him remains as strong and alive as ever. Rather than a 'sad' experience, I would say mostly his passing has been something profound and beautiful and en-lightening.







yeah, I agree with all that....I think if we differ, it's mostly in terminology. Is sadness that abides alongside a sense that all is still well and okay, the same as sadness that abides alongside a sense that all is lost and life at it's core, sucks? I don't think so.

Enigma fan-girl? No problemo if so....I get it more than you might realize.

You are essentially saying peace is a particular kind of experience there, aren't you?...how is that so different from my saying peace is known through experience?

& If irritation arises continuously, I would agree, that peace is not abiding....can I say exactly where the line between a little irritation and a lot occurs? Not exactly, but a little irritation means it arises and quickly passes through without taking hold...if a negative emotion takes hold, I would indeed question whether peace abides.