Where does happiness lie?
Hello 🙂
How are you?
It is possible to have been on a spiritual path or an awakening path for many years, yet still hold on to secret drives, particularly regarding happiness. Even though all of this can easily be spiritualised of course 😉 So, where does happiness really lie? I would love to receive your feelings and ideas about this, so please do write to me if you feel to.
I suppose the way this question got answered for me, wasn’t so much by asking the question and then analysing: it came in a different way. It was more a case of something which was there before, falling away – and noticing what was gone. One day, I went to Amma’s ashram in London to do seva. Before beginning the seva, there was a satsang (literally meaning, meeting in truth). I don’t know why on that day I had such a profound realisation, since I do many of those satsang practices every day, and have done for years. As I was chanting Archana (the 1000 Names of the Divine Mother), I was staring at Amma’s picture on the altar in front of us all. Suddenly something hit me like a flash : the source of happiness lies within me. It was quite a shock, and yet so evident and in a way, obvious, even though this whole thing was very subtle. Then a cascade of insights followed, such as the fact that happiness is never going to be found in a man, or in a partnership, in having a child, or in anything external. And also, I realised that the words ‘happiness is a choice’ (as Amma has said many times) are actually true. I realised that I am not “going to find it” in a relationship, I am not “going to find it” ‘one day’. Happiness is here, now! Happiness is already here, before I begin looking for it. On the level of thought, it was like, “Wow! Happiness is nowhere outside me.”
A reminder of timing and prices, as some people have not received these:-
All sessions are 1 & 1/4 hrs
In-person (in your home) = £100
Barbican venue (most Wednesdays) = £90
Distance healing (via WhatsApp, Skype etc.) = £75
I’d also like to inform you of some dates I will be away: I have very recently decided to visit Amma in Toronto, 12th – 22nd July. I will take that time off for sadhana (spiritual practices), self-care and seva (selfless service). Therefore please plan your sessions accordingly, and message me if you would like to book.
I hope this email finds you well and enjoying the warmth 🙂
Love,
xDaisy
Daisy Nokes 
Happiness for me tends to happen whenever I am really honest with myself, and then follow through on where that honesty is pointing to. When I focus too much on trying to be happy or make myself happy the whole thing tends to go completely wrong.
I think the idea of happiness is an invention that doesn’t actually exist (like so much or our culture). People are naturally happy when they don’t resist their lives too much. This is when everything seems to flow naturally and even the small things seem delightful 🙂
This reminds me of a video I saw some years ago that really moved me and touched on this topic