Susanne Marie and Pierre talk about bliss and modes of experience (body, heart, mind). Being more conceptually oriented, I relate to the experience a bit differently. As a fine vibration, as flow, as joy, as steady pleasantness, and as life itself – depending on where I am in relation to it.
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As I recall, Maharishi made a distinction between bliss and blissfulness. Bliss was the inner state of absolute absorption in the transcendent. When bliss meets the relative it is experienced as blissfulness.
Hey TO,
To me, bliss is the fine vibration of creation becoming, experienced directly. Though now that I think about it, I’m not sure on what level. Somatically? We can also experience that fine vibration as vibration in the body. Will think about this.
And also, old texts like this describe the bliss of different levels. That may relate to the flow of process of experience itself.
https://davidya.ca/2015/06/11/100x-the-bliss/
Realized my lack of clarity was because I was using a levels conceptual model. Useful for conceptualizing, but it falls apart when you try to apply it to something that operates simultaneously.
Bless is the vibration of becoming in space. Space is nested, so there are layers of becoming and bliss at all levels simultaneously. It depends on where we are in relationship to that as to how it’s experienced.
Hi David,
I think it’s worth noting that bliss and joy are separate phenomena. They engender one another and tend to work in tandem in spiritual cultivation.
Agreed, Scott
Bliss is the vibration of becoming, experienced in a specific way. (as opposed to felt as vibration, etc.)
Joy is an emotion that can come with bliss but may not.