16. Let Bliss Become Routine In Your Life
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Our lives are nothing but a simple routine. Nothing about it can change in the way we do it. We lift the same cup, whether we lift it by the left hand or right, will change nothing. Even the temperature of the coffee in the cup will remain the same.
We already know what our routine is. Let us infuse some bliss into the same routine.
A small story:
A famous enlightened Master, a Sufi saint called Abdullah, was once asked by his student, 'Master, how can you always be happy?'
Abdullah replied, 'Every morning, as soon as I wake up, I ask myself, 'Abdullah, how do you want to be today?' I get the answer blissful. So I am blissful the whole day.'
Bliss or joy is not to be enjoyed at particular time. Bliss can continuously happen within us. We can be blissful all the time. When we understand this simple truth, we begin to realize that every moment of our life can be bursting with bliss. Bliss can penetrate every routine, every simple thing we do.
Be clear! When consciousness enters our routine, bliss happens. When consciousness enters our routine, bliss happens and our life is transformed. An alchemy, unlike anything we have experienced before happens to us.
Our next question will be- How to live consciously? Become aware. Be totally, completely aware of what we do, think, or act. When we slow down, when we live in the moment, when we bring awareness into the moment, we bring in our consciousness.
Try to live only one day consciously.
People reading this might think, the saint Abdullah decided to live in bliss, but what should I do if my mind wants to live in misery?
Live in misery, what is wrong in that choice?
When asked the same question, Abdullah replied, 'if my mind decides to live in misery, it is perfectly alright. It enjoys misery. That is why my mind decided to ask for misery.'
Understand- if we don't enjoy misery, we will never choose misery. We would, consciously, never choose misery. We are left with only one alternative- to be in bliss.
In Sanskrit they have a beautiful term to describe the blissful choice: sat chit ananda. sat means 'truth' chit means 'consciousness' and ananda means 'bliss'. These words explain the transformation in us. When any of these enter our life, it is transformed.
If we instill bliss into routine and bliss be the routine in our life.