Byproduct of Meditation on the Realms Beyond: Bliss

Out of bliss, all beings are born,
In bliss they are sustained,
And to bliss they go and merge again

-Vedas

This is what Christ also meant when he said, “the kingdom of heaven is within” and what Buddha preached as Nirvana.

The idea of bliss belongs to time immemorial. It is not something that has been intercepted in the modern era or as a solution to existentialism or nihilism, but dates back to origin of human history. Precisely because it is an untouched state within each one of the 8 billion people living on this planet and most likely, also in any form of life blooming in this universe.

The question that bugs each one of us is-how to attain bliss? Though we hear from all possible didactic and moral sources that it exists within each one of us but attaining it is as hard as Prometheus’ toil. A part of the problem is we don’t understand what bliss means. It apparently refers to state of happiness but that state exists in isolation, independent of all worldly pursuits. Bliss is a state of being, as permanent as your own nature perhaps. It needs to be attained, like nirvana. And once attained, it remains with you, in you, for you, of you and maintained by you.

Bliss is often explained in the Sanskrit expression of Sat, Chit and Ananda. Sat refers to the ultimate Satya or truth of life, Chit refers to its consciousness and Ananda is what follows the consciousness of the unchanging truth of life, which is bliss. Thus, bliss can be attained through a realization of the permanent self, that is, through the path of self-realization. Meditation is the one way route towards this self-knowledge.

Through meditation, we get closer to bliss at each step. The bliss that is attained is sovereign and autonomous of any externalities of the physical world. Meditation leads us to experience wholeness, joy and an all-fulfilling contentment. It leads to, what is called, the continuum of bliss, which is the state of nirvanic bliss or enlightenment.

Contrary to the ephemeral substance of the outside world, what keeps me at peace is my internal journey to the realms beyond. Meditation is a flight to the universe of bliss and affection. It is the most compelling yet natural state of being. This bliss extends itself to my physical world also and I cherish it each moment of life.

I wish you all the joy within. Stay blissful!