Daily Meditation: Monday, April 15, 2002

True happiness is characterized by stability. You will say: …

04/15/2002

True happiness is characterized by stability. You will say: 'But life consists of a succession of changes, from success to failure, from plenty to hardship, peace to war, health to ill-health, and so on. And we have no choice but to submit to those changes.' No, you are mistaken. War may break out, you may fall ill, you may suddenly lose everything you have, be abandoned by your husband or your wife, your children, your friends, without ever ceasing to be happy. Why? Because in the state to which I am referring your consciousness does not stagnate to the level of incidents and events and so, for every problem, for every trial you find an explanation, a truth that appeases you and consoles you, because you have elevated yourself, you have risen very high and you have learnt how to see things. You may be divested of all your possessions, persecuted, but because you know that all this is transient and that you are immortal, that nothing can really touch you, whereas others are hollering, you are smiling.