How do I find Bliss?
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 by Maryam WebsterAre you in Bliss yet? Join us, in February:
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Happy New Year! And welcome to a year where Bliss is going to be the word on everyone’s lips, and in everyone’s lives. Huzzah, and welcome to the new, Blissful You! If you’re wondering how the heck you’re going to get there, keep reading, (as an added bonus, cute kitty reference is part of the story)…
The celebrated mythologist and cultural anthropologist Joseph Campbell tells us to "follow your Bliss and everything else will come out right in the end". We get told that a lot, and many of us believe that one day, somehow we can get there…but we have no idea where to begin. I just received a question in email that echoes the questions of many others lately:
"How do I find Bliss? Where do I look for it?"
The brief answer is "in the present moment" - and I’m not just being cute. Let me illustrate. Tuff, a character in the movie "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" was complaining about her car breaking down, the hot day and boredom she felt at sitting waiting for the car to be fixed. Her mother and main character, Evelyn, said something that exemplifies the essence of there being "no problem in the Now". With joy on her face and laughter in her voice she said:
"Right now I’m sitting in the shade having a conversation with my wonderful, feisty daughter. I intend to enjoy this moment fully. And for your own wellbeing, I suggest you do the same."
Such sage advice. The next time you feel like Tuff and are wallowing in how bad things are, take a time out and become aware of the delight awaiting you in the moment.
This is one of the fundamentals of the Everyday Bliss Process. Becoming alive, invigorated and attuned only to the wonder of life works miracles towards making things flow evenly and unceasingly in a positive vein. That goes for your attention to the present moment - the Now - as well.
When you wake up to placing your attention in the present, unless your survival is threatened in that very moment, there is really nothing wrong.
It took me a long time to write this because I was enjoying so much being fully in the moment with my kitty, Anoushka, seen in pensive, loving and sleeping modes at right, this past Yule. Late at night when I am enjoying writing the best, Anoushka will weasel her way between my thigh and the easy chair in which I sit, fitting herself in with many trills and purrs, pushings of paws, and always, an appreciative lick. 
In my house, we have a saying: "a lick gets a skritch, e-e-e-very time!". And it is such a pleasure to give pleasure to my darling Noush by
skritching, stroking and appreciating her in a soft and gentle manner, that many minutes passed by, interrupting the flow of this message, but so fully in the present that thought ceases and delight ensues.
This is a kitty that for the most part, has felt that murder is imminent and threat must be monitored on all frequencies, 36 hours a day. The nervous type from the get-go due to a rough kittenhood on the streets before being captured by the local vet and adopted out to us. Only through many, many moments such as the above, has Anoushka learned that she can relax her guard, that Love is Everywhere, and been able to be at peace in the moment herself.
This darling kitty has taught me more about Bliss than anything else today. Anoushka, here’s to you, good love!
And more Bliss for us all, in the moment…all the time…now.
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