Young and old, wealthy entrepreneurs and aspiring students, and other optimistic souls seeking fulfillment by tapping into their full potential find it elusive to seek sufficient motivation to change. Mediocre lives with occasional small wins and some regrets is an okay life.
The invincible and unassailable confidence of youth is understandable. With lots of runway and tanks full of hope and enthusiasm, they have no rush and no compelling reason to bridge to full potential. Even middle-age men and women find no “compelling reason” to bridge mediocre lives to blissful lives. They have stable sources of income, happy families, and decent health. By many standards, this should be bliss. But they feel unfulfilled and can’t find the spark to jump into a higher orbit of achieving ambitious breakthroughs that are inspiring and within reach of their talents or truly passionate relationships which they deserve and want and can have with their loved ones, or fix nagging health issues by simple lifestyle or nutrition choices that are well within their control.
Silent and stealthily, life sails from one day into another in mediocrity and regret with neither delight nor agony. When there is pain, it is not sharp enough to shock procrastination out of life or fight off laziness. Half-inspired people have no compelling reason to reach bliss. The misalignments are the source of misery and even toxicity they want gone, but they persist for years until something goes seriously wrong like a serious illness takes hold, an accident floods the gaps with anger and resentment, a massive loss that lights up the disagreements into a destructive explosion, or death shows up in their lives.
In part, the sad truth is that some have never lived their bliss in their entire lives so they don’t know what is possible or how to reach for it. No one has inspired them to look for such a state of complete joy, spontaneity, and ecstasy, nor has life shown them a glimpse of bliss. Many sell out their own bliss to complete others’ dreams and never play the music in their hearts. They earn money while working for others but never venture to find their own glory.
Bliss is pure ecstasy. The life force is joined with that of the universe. All energy is positive. Life is light and light fills life. Joy gushes from the inside out, from the deep core of life force within us, and from the very source of consciousness itself. Bliss is the result of a life of being, doing, and living without care of being judged. In the state of bliss, we have no fear of condemnation or consideration of rejection and no concept of time. We are the purest of our intentions, authenticity, and actions. We are joined by the energy and integrated into the charge and frequency of the cosmos. We are all there is and all that there is reflected in our being. Bliss is not a destination. It is a state of being. Being in the present. Being bliss now.
Picture bliss: a child gazing in love at his loving mother, a dog delighted when his owner returns, a lover lost in time in the embrace of his love, a scientist immersed in finding the answer to her research, a player catching a tough pass in the game.
Bliss is the next level after flow. Flow is in the moment. It’s connectedness and immersion. Bliss is beyond flow. It does not care for the result. It is without care at all.
Many luminaries have written about bliss. Eric Weiner’s Geography of Bliss is an impressive mix of investigation, skepticism, and sarcasm. The Bliss Club, a book on Sex tips for creative lovers gets to the experience of bliss in a blissfully divine sexual dimension. Bliss Brain by Dawson Church describes the science to rewire the brain for joy. But to experience true bliss, the life in the state of bliss, you have to go to the depths of the Vedas, the thousands of years old treaties on life, the universe, and the cosmos.
These timeless classics’ wisdom inspires bliss for every kind of life – the life of a yogi, sage, householder, soldier, or another. They don’t prescribe behaviors but rather inspire potentiality. A rose does not question its destiny. It blooms and spreads fragrance. A caterpillar does not question its evolution into a butterfly. It enchants by its very existence. Blooming, becoming, and thriving without questioning their existence or relevance of their purpose, is bliss. No questions, hesitations, or fears; simple existence and connectedness.
Bliss is not the avoidance of pain, fear, hurt, or disappointments. The state of bliss makes it so that what others might perceive as a setback comes integrated with life itself. While others may see setbacks, we move along on our blissful journey no matter how hard our work, how tall our mission, or how deep the gaps.
How to move your life into a state of bliss?
The steps are simple and straight -forward.
(1) Look inside to learn what you are made of and for what.
(2) Note what causes you to shrink, be afraid, or hesitate.
(3) Decide which of the causes you cannot drop from your life and why.
(4) Drop all that don’t matter. Drop them like they’re Superman’s kryptonite.
(5) Reset expectations to live life on your terms.
(6) Reframe life around the who, what, and where are worthy of you.
(7) Every moment will turn into service and every action will create bliss.
If bliss does not inspire you to find and live within it because mediocrity and regret are comfortable clothing, no one will complain or work hard to inspire you. What you do is on you. One thing is for sure, if by chance you fall into a blissful moment too late to make it your daily reality, you will die with the music still within you you never played, dances never danced, embraces never given, and love never magnified. Laziness is a popular condition for a reason. The work you do to get in bliss will make work disappear into joy. Choose to live in BLISS!
Finally, no one knows when the grand curtain will drop on the theatre of life – death comes too fast – way before aspirations are met, goals achieved, dances danced, and lovers satisfied. In every moment while framing the goals working on them, readying for the dances and dancing them, living in love and cherishing it – being in the moment of limitless joy is the bliss of life itself.
This blog post is an excerpt from my next book. It is the continuation of the first book, Find Your Everest before someone chooses it for you.