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for example, jubilation
is an excited state in body and mind
persons, generally, seek excitation
moving from one state of infusion to another
so, this is like living high to high
unable to cope with calm
they seek this excitation
through objects, inner or outer
when the person attains the object
the excitation releases in a momentary calm
this momentary calm is
the essential nature of Presence, of Being
if not infused with Presence, and its calm,
another object is sought to satisfy
the craving for heightened feeling
and excitation is not meant to be lasting,
and when such like jubilation is elongated
it becomes a cause of suffering, inauthentic, unnatural
so, clinging to excitation means moving object to object
the object may be outside, such as physical,
or within, such as a thought or feeling
however, when close with Spirit,
one's natural state is calm, not needing
to rush from experience to experience for stimulation
or to prolong excitation to remain on a feeling-high
so, the experience of jubilation
is an expression of calm
when the enthusiasm is felt in the body
it quickly dissolves back into the calm ~
like a wave that breaks into surf, moves onto the shore,
then the water recedes back from the shore into the ocean
this is like a baseline heart rate
the baseline for a contemplative is calm
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