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Abiding joy for no reason at all
For no reason at all you suddenly feel yourself joyous. In ordinary life, if there is some reason, you are joyful. You have met a beautiful woman and you are joyous, or you have got the money that you always wanted and you are joyous, or you have purchased the house with a beautiful garden and you are joyous, but these joys cannot last long. They are momentary, they cannot remain continuous and uninterrupted.
If your joy is caused by something it will disappear, it will be momentary. It will soon leave you in deep sadness; all joys leave you in deep sadness. But there is a different kind of joy that is a confirmatory sign: you are suddenly joyous for
no reason at all. You cannot pinpoint why. If somebody asks, “Why are you so joyous?” you cannot answer.
I cannot answer why I am joyous. There is no reason. It’s simply so. Now this joy cannot be disturbed. Now whatsoever happens, it will continue. It is there, day in, day out. You may be young, you may be old, you may be alive, you may be dying—it is always there. When you have found some joy that remains—circumstances change but it abides—then you are certainly coming closer to buddhahood.
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