If your body feels pleasant, we call this health. If it becomes very pleasant, we call this pleasure.
If your mind becomes pleasant, we call this peace. If it becomes very pleasant we call this joy.
If your emotions becomes pleasant , we call this love. If they become very pleasant, we call this compassion.
If your energies become pleasant, we call this bliss. If they become very pleasant, we call this ecstasy.
This is all that you are seeking: pleasantness within and without. When pleasantness is within, it is termed peace, joy, happiness. When your surroundings become pleasant, it gets branded success. If you are not interested in any of this and want to go to heaven, what are you seeking? Just otherworldly success! So, essentially all human experience is only a question of pleasantness and unpleasantness in varying degrees
[Jaggi]
If God or fate exists, then there won't be any meaning for any action in this world. Only through self-effort do we attain self knowledge. Hence, renounce fatalism and apply yourself to self-effort.
[Yoga Vasista]
If your body feels pleasant, we call this health. If it becomes very pleasant, we call this pleasure. If your mind becomes pleasant, we call this peace. If it becomes very pleasant we call this joy. If your emotions becomes pleasant , we call this love. If they become very pleasant, we call this compassion. If your energies become pleasant, we call this bliss. If they become very pleasant, we call this ecstasy.
This is all that you are seeking: pleasantness within and without. When pleasantness is within, it is termed peace, joy, happiness. When your surroundings become pleasant, it gets branded success. If you are not interested in any of this and want to go to heaven, what are you seeking? Just otherworldly success! So, essentially all human experience is only a question of pleasantness and unpleasantness in varying degrees
[Jaggi]
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If God or fate exists, then there won't be any meaning for any action in this world. Only through self-effort do we attain self knowledge. Hence, renounce fatalism and apply yourself to self-effort.
[Yoga Vasista]
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