Staying in bliss – Mindfulbalance

The highest state you have ever experienced is the state of bliss – an expansive sense of oneness with all that is. You didn’t have to earn it. It was your natural state of being, and it came up inside of you when you weren’t blocking it.

The problem is that your mind is not interested in bliss. Your mind is interested in control, in security, in knowing. Bliss is not known – it is felt. It is beyond the mind. The mind cannot grasp it, so it resists it. It distracts you with thoughts, fears, and desires, pulling you away from the present moment where bliss resides.

If you want to remain in bliss, you must stop allowing the mind to dictate your experience. You must stop identifying with the voice in your head that says, ‘I need this’ or ‘I’m afraid of that.’ Bliss is already here. It is the energy of the universe flowing through you. But you must be willing to let go of the thoughts, the tensions, and the resistance that block it.

Michael Singer, The Untethered Soul