Secrets of Spiritual Happiness

What Spiritual Happiness Isn't

 

    

 

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Spiritual happiness is not just a particular way of looking or acting.   You can't always tell right away who is or isn't spiritually happy just by their outer appearance.   For example, spiritual happiness doesn't mean that you have to walk around smiling all the time and jumping up and down with glee, although there is nothing wrong with smiling or jumping up and down with glee.  

Although spiritual happiness does tend to shine through visibly in your face and your life, being spiritually happy doesn't necessarily mean that everyone has to always know that you are spiritually happy.   For example, if you are a spiritually happy elementary school teacher with an unruly class, you may have to demonstrate what appears to be anger or sternness at times in order to control and guide your students.   Yet, even then, you can still be completely spiritually happy and comfortably identified with the deep soul witness that always enjoys the show.

Another reason that you may sometimes choose to be happy and know it, but not "clap your hands and show it," can be due to responses you may have received while expressing happiness in the past.   Some people may have interpreted your happiness as a sign of foolishness.   Others may have responded to your happiness with jealousy, or may have even interpreted your happiness as a personal insult to them (people are funny creatures!)   In fact, there are some people who - seeing someone who is happy - will test the person, and try to bring him or her back down into "not-so-happy land with the rest of us."  

Therefore, remember that you don't always have to look massively happy to be massively happy!

 

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