re: emotional satisfaction

[Guest guest]

Dear Jiwan Shakti

 

 

I thought your description of what moves you deeply in your life was so

beautiful, and with some variations, I would say that I feel just the same way

you do about those various experiences, being in the natural world and laughing

and being with friends and in deep meditation all being what my heart searches

for each day, and what makes me feel at the end of the day, that I've had a good

day.....

 

so, in thinking about what Yogiji was expressing, it's in that word

" satisfaction " that the mystery of what he's saying lies. Experiencing

emotional richness is the mother of heart opening, so for me, I do not think he

meant that the difficulty was in the emotional part of the phrase. Rather, I

think he is talking about the quality of satisfaction. It is very different

from contentment. I think what you and I ,and I'm sure all with poetry in their

souls, feel from these moving experiences, these joyful emotions, even from the

profoundly moving ones whether sharing sadness with another or happiness, is

contentment. We hear the word satisfaction and we associate it with what we

know as contentment. But I think Yogiji is warning against is the stagnation in

satisfaction. Contentment is a still and quiet place, full of gratitude, but it

isn't stagnant. He once spoke about longing and how important it is because it

moves people to keep searching, to hone their skills, develop their talents,

reach for their destinies and so it is by being moved that that deep longing

motivates us. I think we can have contentment even in the very process of

feeling longing, and that's the mystery! But to feel satisfied would mean a

stasis that would not serve our evolution.

 

In any case, it's my feeling that this warning against satisfaction was not

aimed towards you. Maybe that's why it may not make sense to you but stirs your

reflection which is always a good thing! What you are describing is contentment

and love and those are very emotionally fulfilling. Bless you for your

beautiful heart, and dont' worry!

 

Love and light, Dev Saroop K