Joy in Realisation

How can one know that the joy felt during spiritual insights is causeless and not just the ego making a story? Rupert says: ‘You’re overthinking this. Just trust the joy. Joy is its own evidence. You’re not fooling yourself, and if you recognise that you have understood something, that is not egoic. It’s true, and it’s fine for your mind to acknowledge it. It’s also fine to share that with a friend. Being is uncreated, and joy is always the shining of being. The comfy bed, the flower, meditation, music, delicious meal – whatever it was interrupted the flow of your experience. These objects and events caused this interruption, but they don’t cause the joy that flows into that empty space. The joy itself is causeless. The great secret is to find a way of putting a pause in the horizontal flow of your experience without having to have a substance, activity, relationship, or object.’

From event 05 - 12 April, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 5–12 April 2025

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