- Joy is about radiance that moves throughout the body and can be seen by all. It’s a deep feeling that is vital and alive; as well as a condition of happiness and contentment. Joyful is truly how we are meant to be.
- Certainly there are things or experiences that bring happiness; like when we acquire something we have desired, or life’s events go exactly the way we planned, or we are present in grateful celebration with others. These all evoke happiness … but generally of a kind, which primarily satisfies our more worldly self. As good as such experiences might be, eventually the proverbial question arises, ‘Is that all there is?’ It is helpful to reflect that at a deeper level it is possible to be happy without any underlying cause, a happiness as it were, that reaches and touches our true innermost self. Those on a spiritual path may be fortunate enough to feel this special kind of happiness more so than others. In these instances the word joy might be offered to distinguish this state from ordinary happiness. In joy there is a happiness arising simply out of being and not so much from doing. It is a formless and unlabeled happiness. Much like unconditional love is love given without restriction, joy as ‘unconditional happiness’ is happiness mysteriously received without apparent reason. The bliss this pure happiness brings is simply known as the ‘Joy of Being.’
- Joy is the feeling of “my cup runneth over,” feeling blessed and full. It is the feeling of “All is Well” with the world with perception becoming clear and bright. It is bells ringing and fireworks exploding in celebration of life.
- JOY: the heart’s natural dance at its connection to self-expression, the opportunity to create life, and to celebrate in itself. That experience is joy.
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