Wisdom by Spiritual leader and Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Guruji says :
Bliss cannot be understood. It is extremely difficult to get into bliss. After
many lifetimes you get into bliss. It is even more difficult to get out of bliss.
All that you seek in your life is bliss, that divine union with your source.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar explains:
Deep rest is bliss, and bliss is the understanding that only God exists.
Stretching the Sound is Music.
Stretching the Movement is Dance.
Stretching the Smile is Laughter.
Stretching the Mind is Meditation.
Stretching the Life is Celebration.
Stretching the Devotee is God.
Stretching the Feeling is Ecstasy.
Stretching the Emptiness is Bliss.
Q : What is Emptiness?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar : Emptiness is the doorway between the material and
spiritual worlds. It is where you come to understand the nature of the spirit. If
you do not know emptiness then you cannot know the joy of the Being. The
knack of experiencing the Being causes emptiness. From the emptiness begins
the fullness.
One side of emptiness is misery and on the other side of emptiness is Joy.
That is what Buddha said, "The whole world is misery and what is to be
achieved is emptiness."
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Guruji says :
Bliss cannot be understood. It is extremely difficult to get into bliss. After
many lifetimes you get into bliss. It is even more difficult to get out of bliss.
All that you seek in your life is bliss, that divine union with your source.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar explains:
Deep rest is bliss, and bliss is the understanding that only God exists.
Stretching the Sound is Music.
Stretching the Movement is Dance.
Stretching the Smile is Laughter.
Stretching the Mind is Meditation.
Stretching the Life is Celebration.
Stretching the Devotee is God.
Stretching the Feeling is Ecstasy.
Stretching the Emptiness is Bliss.
Q : What is Emptiness?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar : Emptiness is the doorway between the material and
spiritual worlds. It is where you come to understand the nature of the spirit. If
you do not know emptiness then you cannot know the joy of the Being. The
knack of experiencing the Being causes emptiness. From the emptiness begins
the fullness.
One side of emptiness is misery and on the other side of emptiness is Joy.
That is what Buddha said, "The whole world is misery and what is to be
achieved is emptiness."