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I am happy vs I am happiness

In one the Bhaja Govindam Satsangs, Acharya Shunya invites us to contemplate the difference between "I am happy" and "I am happiness". We often struggle in Samsara, striving to be happy without realizing that this happiness depends on external circumstances. Such samsaric joy is inevitably fleeting by nature. "I am happiness" is an invitation to transcend the ego and unveil what has always been present, never leaving us—our true SELF, which embodies pure happiness. To attain this state of bliss requires deep exploration into our true nature. I may have briefly experienced this happiness during my contemplation of the Self, and indeed, it differs from the samsaric kind. It is unconditioned, not reliant on anything or anyone—it simply is. Jai Maa!



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Jai Maa Jayanti Marinella, I have been listening to Shunya Ji teachings on Bhagavad Gita and she speaks about the eternal self, which does not die and is a constant and its quality is one of Ananda! I am contemplating on this and your share is really helpful for me since my thoughts take me in so many directions and questions of what is even ananda? What does it feel like? Is it different from the happiness that I feel when I see the bright beautiful blue sky or a clear flowing river or does it feel like the worldly understanding of happiness or does it have no form or structure and it is just present like the self, like the atman!

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