DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

BLISS

1st July, 1926

 Baba discoursed about different states of bliss:

If the bliss of the God-realized soul is compared to a human body, then the enjoyment of yogis is like the shadow of that body; and the pleasure which a worldly man enjoys is like seeing the shadow in a reflection in a pool of water. Thus ordinary people cannot even imagine what real bliss is!

The majzoobs have mind and body, but no intellect and ego, so they enjoy Supreme Bliss completely. In yogis, besides the mind and body, there are intellect and ego so they do not enjoy perfect bliss.

That is why I say that ordinary men have not the foggiest idea what bliss really is. They cannot imagine it.

Lord Meher O/L p 687-8

12th July, 1929

Really speaking, everywhere in the entire universe is bliss. It is all bliss, bliss and bliss! But poor, ignorant mankind cannot enjoy it, as man does not know how to enjoy it. The whole universe is full of infinite bliss, but disregarding it, man hankers after the transient happiness of affluence, influence, possessions, name and fame. This is all false and illusory, yet man runs only after this. It is due to his ignorance of what is real. One should try to acquire real happiness by eschewing that which is false.

I am bliss personified! This five-foot, six-inch physical form you see is not real. If you could see my Real Form, you would not be yourself. The limited human mind has not the least conception of this sat-chit-ananda [infinite knowledge-power-bliss] state. This state is beyond the realm of the mind. It is called the nirvikalp ["I am God"] state. It is the infinite bliss state of Paramatma or God.

Everyone is destined to attain this state and it is everyone's duty to make efforts toward that end. Some persons may acquire Realization today; if not today, then tomorrow. Some may get it after years and some after many births. But at some time or other, one and all have to experience this elevated state.

3 August 1929

Baba said:

Bliss is something quite distinct from happiness and misery. Happiness and misery are gained through [experiences of] the mind. Bliss is something totally different; after the death of the mind, what the soul gains through God is bliss. Happiness and misery are due to the mind, while bliss exists on account of the soul. Bliss cannot be described. It cannot be grasped. It is to be experienced.

20th August, 1929

The whole universe is full of bliss. In fact, nothing really exists except bliss. But ordinary mortals cannot achieve it and they run after material happiness, trying to extract pleasure out of the world by acquiring possessions. Man tries one pleasure after another, but all fade away and he is never satisfied. When he is fed up with one, he tries another. When that one proves distasteful, something else is tried, and so on. For ages on end, mortal beings have tried in vain, birth after birth, to gain happiness from the world.

But where is this bliss found? What is man to do if all his efforts are in vain even after ages? How is he to find real bliss? Only the Sadgurus and Avatars enjoy this divine bliss. If you need something, then you have to approach the person who has it. Similarly, to acquire this bliss one must go to those who have it, and who continuously experience and enjoy it — the Realized, Perfect Ones. Only they can give it to you, and for that you must remain with them.

Satsang [the company] of these Perfect Ones is the best medium and path to the attainment of bliss. By the grace of the Sadguru, you can gain this bliss in a moment. So the Master's grace is essential, but you have to earn it by staying with him and serving him with all your heart.