Live Quality
The joy of Being is the joy of being conscious.
Awakened consciousness then takes over from ego and begins to run your life. You may then find that an activity that you have been engaged in for a long time naturally begins to expand into something much bigger when it becomes empowered by consciousness. Some of those people who, through creative action, enrich the lives of many others simply do what they enjoy doing most without wanting to achieve or become anything through that activity.
Sometimes for a few years their sphere of influence remains small; and then it can happen that suddenly or gradually a wave of creative empowerment flows into what they do, and their activity expands beyond anything they could have imagined and touches countless others. In addition to enjoyment, an intensity is now added to what they do and with it comes a creativity that goes beyond anything an ordinary human could accomplish.
If there is no joy, ease, or lightness in what you are doing, it does not necessarily mean that you need to change what you are doing. It may be sufficient to change the how. “How” is always more important than “what.” See if you can give much more attention to the doing than to the result that you want to achieve through it. Give your fullest attention to whatever the moment presents. This implies that you also completely accept what is, because you can- not give your full attention to something and at the same time resist it.
As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out of present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love — even the most simple action.
So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action — just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord. This is a powerful spiritual practice.
When the compulsive striving away from the Now ceases, the joy of Being flows into everything you do. The moment your attention turns to the Now, you feel a presence, a stillness, a peace. You no longer depend on the future for fulfillment and satisfaction — you don’t look to it for salvation. Therefore, you are not attached to the results. Neither failure nor success has the power to change your inner state of Being. You have found the life underneath your life situation.
Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.
Mayuri will like to share my own experience of Joy:
Off late I have been through many ups and downs in my life. This phase has put me through a very stressful life pattern. I totally gave up in an enthusiastic life and the same was showing up in my face. One of my best friend’s noticed this – Later she introduced me meditation to enhance my inner and outward look towards life. Within a span of time I found few changes in myself which were totally missing in me as I got disconnected from the world though I have been regular to my work and carrying it out as per the requirements.
This opened my eyes and ears; started noticing how people are happy around me in spite of few odds in their lives. Again the next best example is my sister who lives life to the fullest though many things are not perfect. Her energy never dies to explore and experience the beauty of the current life.
These few people in my life have been a strong inspirations directly or indirectly in influencing me to lead the life happily by accepting the way it is.
Beauty of the flower/life which only spreads fragrance/happiness irrespective of the weather conditions/external factors. When we live with full of enthusiasm then fragrance of Joy spreads around us.
