A PATH OF JOY Paramananda shares with us in a light-hearted way how enlightenment is impossible with seriousness.
Can you imagine if enlightenment was serious? Why would you want it? In fact, the seriousness with which we have approached freedom is seen to be completely unnecessary and even harmful to our overall well-being.
by Paramananda Ishaya
Are you serious?
Turn your frown upside down!
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE JOY in your life, you need stop being so serious. Despite what you may have heard, there is no other way around this. If you want freedom, there is no quicker path than this. In fact, by not taking things seriously, all good in life starts to happen spontaneously the instant we turn that frown upside down. I am not promoting acting silly, walking around with purple underwear on your head. It is not about what you do; it’s about the attitude you have that truly makes a difference. Attitude is everything in this game of freedom. Seriousness has become the foundation
of modern society—this is obvious—and just have a look around. This is not
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tragic but a great comedy and source of amusement for our foundation of being. Seriousness is very funny when seen with clarity. Once you see it you will have a hard time not laughing; trust me. Life becomes a non-stop invitation to laugh. Of course nobody thinks it’s funny—this will just make you laugh even harder. In fact, there might be so much joy that you forget the reason for it. When this uncaused joy is permanent, this is freedom. The real tragedy is that the bad attitude
experienced by and through ‘the world’ has become common on the spiritual path. It has no place to be here at all, yet here it is. No one at heart really wants to be serious; they just can’t seem to stop.
It is just so ingrained in the way we approach everything. It is a habit we have been trained in. Having a joyful practice that helps us
to take life lightly is important if we want to see through this addiction. When we sit down to meditate we ‘seriously’ try to still the mind. When we have intense emotions, we get ‘serious’ about them. The list is endless. We keep trying and trying and the cycle continues. Here is an exercise that can be used
to shift a perspective or lighten up the Christmas season, which can be one of the most stressful times ironically: Take time each day to notice the areas in your life you take seriously. You can
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