Living in Joy

Excerpts from Sri Chinmoy's Book - The Wings of Joy

"We are all seekers, and our goal is the same: to achieve inner peace, light, and joy, to become inseparably one with our Source, and to lead lives full of true satisfaction.

To live in joy is to live the inner life. This is the life that leads to self-realization. Self-realization is God-realization, for God is nothing other than the Divinity that is deep inside each one of us, waiting to be discovered and revealed. We may also refer to God as the Inner Pilot or the Supreme. But no matter which term we use, we mean the Highest within us, that which is the ultimate goal of our spiritual quest.

Only if we feed the inner life can the outer life have real meaning. Three times a day we feed the body without fail. But again, there is deep inside us a divine child called our soul; we do not find time to feed this child. The soul is the conscious representative of God in us. Unless and until the soul-child is fulfilled we can never be fulfilled in our outer life.

How do we make the connecting link between the inner life and the outer life? If we know the divine art of meditation, easily and consciously we can unite these two worlds. When we practice meditation, each moment becomes a golden opportunity to cast aside depression, frustration, anger, fear, and other negative qualities and to bring forward the divine qualities of the inner world: love, peace, joy, and light.

A spiritual person should be a normal person, a sound person. In order to reach God, a spiritual person has to be divinely practical in his day-to-day activities. In divine practicality, we share our inner wealth. We feel the divine motivation behind each action and share the result with others. Spirituality does not negate the outer life. The outer life should be the manifestation of the divine life within us." ~Sri Chinmoy

True inner joy is self-created.
It does not depend on outer circumstances.
A river is flowing in and through you carrying the message of joy.
This divine joy is the sole purpose of life.