DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

DESIRE FOR REAL BLISS

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.