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Dear viorica,

 

It was wonderful to see you back in this newsgroup overflowing with

love.

 

Reflecting on the Bliss it seemed was your experience, I wondered

about the place of Bliss in my practice.

 

Now I just wanted to write a bit about Bliss from the perspective of

one following inquiry. Your's is a path of Surrender and Devotion,

mine is of Self-inquiry.

 

At the recent retreat I asked about Bliss as a focus of inquiry.

Having read of and heard of Sat-Chit-Ananda, and knowing that either

Being or Consciouness are fine approaches to inquiry (and knowing by

Self-Knowledge that Being and Consciousness are inseparable), I

wondered how to use Bliss in inquiry?

 

The sages said that, for a bhakti, the path could be described

as "Bliss into Bliss."

 

For those following a path of inquiry, Bliss is best used in another

way. If the focus is on Bliss directly, one easily can get drawn

into body-misidentification (they instructed), so ways to use Bliss

in inquiry include approaches like, "What is the source of

Bliss?", "Where is Bliss experienced?", and "What is the experience

of Bliss?"

 

Of course as one opens to the Self, there is this ... how can one

describe it? To me it is Peace, others might say Bliss.

 

Thank you for sharing your Bliss with this newsgroup.

 

WE are Not two,

Richard