The joyfulness in God

Joy is the classic sign of Freedom! However, be joyful does not mean smiling all the time. Real Joy is silent. It shares the Presence but silently. It says, "I am here," but with no apparent excitement. It is invisible and says, "I am here, if you can see me, okay! If you cannot see me, that's fine too!" Few people can see it, many others cannot. The vast majority cannot. They have no eyes to see it.

People are mistaken themselves for a false joy – this joy of the smile, of showing off they are well, of appearance, of status... This false joy is about trying to show everyone around they are happy. This is why people take pictures when they are traveling, to tell others they are happier and have more freedom than others; they have more money and enjoy life more than others. It is about status, ostentation... Pure vanity! Things from the egoic and stupid mind indeed...

But the Real Joy is this: the Joy of Being what You Are, without conflict or suffering, without seeking more than what you have gotten here, more than what presents itself at this moment, with a grateful heart and a smile on the lips or not (it does not matter). This Joy says, "I am here," but it is not for everyone. It is not for others to see it. This Joy is not exhibitionist, does not humiliate anyone; it is not about giving self-importance; it does not create status; it is not vain. This is the Joy of God, and like all that God does, it is simple and with no ostentation, but with such great beauty for those who have eyes to see it!

The mind is blind; the ego is blind, it sees nothing. That is why it delights in making others sad, showing off itself, like it was happier than others – pure vanity, pure imbecility, pure stupidity. However, the one who is interested in Life as it is, is not concerned with being someone to some people, in showing oneself off to others. This one's joy is silent, is in this moment; it needs nothing from the outside. It is an overflowing...

Only the mind knows status, knows this euphoric, exhibitionist and egoic joy...

*Presential meeting transcription, originally held in Tiruvannamalai city-India, on September 2016. First published in Portuguese on September 25th, 2016. For further information about our meetings, please click here.