Happiness Is Primary

Do feelings like gratitude and joy originate in consciousness itself or arise in the finite mind? Rupert says: ‘Strictly speaking, pure consciousness has no qualities. When pure consciousness shines between the gaps of a human mind, it’s contrasted with the human mind. By contrast with your sorrow, fear, shame, guilt, consciousness is peace, happiness, joy, love. But consciousness would never say of itself, “I am peace, happiness, or love”. If it says anything at all, it would just say, “I am”. That’s why we call suffering unhappiness. There’s this deep intuition in us that happiness is primary, is prior, and suffering is unhappiness – the veiling of happiness.’

From event 06 June - 13 July, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at The Vedanta, 6–13 June 2025

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