Namaste. In our sayings and writings, we seem to mix the usage of the words 'happiness', 'joy' and 'bliss' interchangeably to indicate similar meanings. Though in a normal situation, this may be correct, there are subtle differences in the meanings.
The mental pleasures and satisfaction attained due to achievement of a sensory activity through the BMI layers is called Happiness. For example, we are happy for getting an object of our liking or a reward or recognition from our contacts. It is a state of less or no agitation of mind and the scale moves to the positive side of the mental state.
When a situation that goes beyond our bodily and mental levels and provides us a positive satisfaction intellectually, it is Joy. Example - when you propose and devise a creative idea and it is implemented and found very productive, you feel a joy that is unexplainable, though physically & mentally you may have gone through many turbulences to bring that idea to fruition.
When the mind attains a state of equilibrium where there are no specific reactions to the situations externally - when all 'raga dveshas' have ended, it is called bliss.
Sw. Chinmayananda says in verse 420 of Viveka Choodamani: "When there is the experience of Self within, there is peace - the peace that passeth all understanding". This peace is not because of any objects outside, but because of the very essential nature of the Self in us. This is Bliss.
Hari Om
The mental pleasures and satisfaction attained due to achievement of a sensory activity through the BMI layers is called Happiness. For example, we are happy for getting an object of our liking or a reward or recognition from our contacts. It is a state of less or no agitation of mind and the scale moves to the positive side of the mental state.
When a situation that goes beyond our bodily and mental levels and provides us a positive satisfaction intellectually, it is Joy. Example - when you propose and devise a creative idea and it is implemented and found very productive, you feel a joy that is unexplainable, though physically & mentally you may have gone through many turbulences to bring that idea to fruition.
When the mind attains a state of equilibrium where there are no specific reactions to the situations externally - when all 'raga dveshas' have ended, it is called bliss.
Sw. Chinmayananda says in verse 420 of Viveka Choodamani: "When there is the experience of Self within, there is peace - the peace that passeth all understanding". This peace is not because of any objects outside, but because of the very essential nature of the Self in us. This is Bliss.
Hari Om
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