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Bliss... from Proto-Germanic, "gentle, kind." This origin gives insight into the quality of bliss as being more than merely an emotional state of happiness; bliss is a subtle Quality. Bliss does not call attention to itself, is calm, gentle, kindly in being and expression. Bliss is a selfless quietude. Bliss is not a state of the body at all, such as pleasure. Bliss arises from deep reservoirs; one discerns bliss through the body, when sensitized to Qualities not located in the body. By being drawn near to the Fount of bliss, of all the Qualities, one is drawn near to bliss, and knows this bliss as the essential nature of Life. Prior, one is surprised by visits of this bliss; in time, the Contemplative learns to live in bliss, bliss being his or her natural atmosphere of closeness to Grace, even in Grace.
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Disciple: Master, what is bliss?
Master: Go splash your face with water.
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Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.
*Bob Marley
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bliss arises
in direct contact with reality
"arises" means to you
yet, bliss only seems to appear
bliss cannot appear from nowhere
bliss appears to appear when what blocks bliss is removed
in openness, receptivity, bliss appears to appear
for the spaciousness allows bliss to be known in the body
recently,
I was looking over the marsh
at a tree in the distance
realizing, just this is it
seeing the tree as tree
as this particular tree
~many persons have looked at many trees
while never seeing a tree~
bliss arises
in the absence of trying
to make life into something special
wakeful to life
the tree in the marsh
relaxing into
nothing special
this marsh, this tree, here
contentment arises
quiet joy is present in seeing, finally,
this is it
as it is
then, no longer merely looking at the tree
one sees the tree
the distance between tree, once object,
dissolves in subject-with-subject
Communion, reverence, gratitude, rest ~ Bliss!
Hindu sages, for ages, have spoken of 'God'
as Sat-Chit-Ananda, Being-Consciousness-Bliss
or, as movement, we can read it, Being Conscious of Bliss
how does one know this Bliss?
one knows it, when one makes space for it to be known
then, in seeing the tree
there is one knowing
this knowing, non-intellectual, non-emotive, immediate and timeless
is blissful ~ bliss only known by bliss
we could substitute other Qualities here
~for all the Qualities are of One~
such as, Love; when I see the tree
I love the tree, I cannot not love the tree;
then, in this Love, I reverence the tree as myself
*(C) Copyright 2018. Brian K. Wilcox. Photography by Brian K. Wilcox. Move cursor over photos for more details. Word origin of "bliss," from Online Etymology Dictionary.
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