{"id":546,"date":"2015-02-05T06:50:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T11:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=546"},"modified":"2015-02-05T06:50:04","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T11:50:04","slug":"external-expressions-of-joy-do-not-necessarily-reflect-the-true-inner-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/external-expressions-of-joy-do-not-necessarily-reflect-the-true-inner-self\/","title":{"rendered":"External expressions of joy do not necessarily reflect the true inner self"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFind a place inside where there&#8217;s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Joseph Campbell<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em>Kabir &#8211; The couplet<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u0939\u0902\u0938\u0940 \u0939\u0902\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0924 \u0928 \u092a\u093e\u092f\u0940, \u091c\u093f\u0928 \u092a\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0924\u0940\u0928 \u0930\u094b\u092f\u0947 \u0964<br \/>\n\u091c\u094b \u0939\u0902\u0938\u0940 \u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0930\u0940 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0947, \u0924\u094b \u0915\u094c\u0928 \u0926\u094b\u0939\u093e\u0917\u093f\u0928 \u0939\u094b\u090f\u0965<br \/>\n<strong><em>Transliterated:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nHansi Hansi Kant Na Paayi, Jin Paaya Tin Roye |<br \/>\nJo Hansi Hi Hari Mile, To Kaun Dohagin Hoye ||<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Translation:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nLaughing did not lead you to God, only the (realization of) the pain separation led to Him |<br \/>\nIf worldly joy can lead us to God, why would there be any unfortunate separated from true bliss? ||<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My understanding:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nWe often ask the question \u2013 \u201cWhere is God? Show me.\u201d But perhaps the better question is \u201cWhat is God?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the earlier question presupposes that you have already understood\/defined the persona of God, and are now only looking for the where. But without truly understanding what God is, how can we know the true meaning of the statement \u201cGod is here\u201d \u2013 or even more relevant, recognize God when God is in front of us?<\/p>\n<p>So, hidden inside this little couplet, I am beginning to see the glimmer of a different light. It is telling me \u2013 do not be led astray by the superficiality of the external world, and its simple temporary pleasures. Laugh with the world, but do not get sucked into the belief that that is bliss. Understand that this is very ephemeral, and that there is a real joy and bliss that is forever. Let this just be a taste of what is possible, and use this to lead oneself to that greater presence and joy.<\/p>\n<p>Hence the second line \u2013 if everyone did find that inner joy, the false platitudes of the external world would get burned away in an instant!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFind a place inside where there&#8217;s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. &#8211; Joseph Campbell \u00a0 Kabir &#8211; The couplet \u0939\u0902\u0938\u0940 \u0939\u0902\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0924 \u0928 \u092a\u093e\u092f\u0940, \u091c\u093f\u0928 \u092a\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0924\u0940\u0928 \u0930\u094b\u092f\u0947 \u0964 \u091c\u094b \u0939\u0902\u0938\u0940 \u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0930\u0940 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0947, \u0924\u094b \u0915\u094c\u0928 \u0926\u094b\u0939\u093e\u0917\u093f\u0928 \u0939\u094b\u090f\u0965 Transliterated: Hansi Hansi Kant Na Paayi, Jin Paaya Tin Roye | Jo Hansi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":547,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions\/547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}