Be Who You Are by Jean Klein

Author:Jean Klein
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Spirituality/Philosophy
Publisher: Non-Duality Press
Published: 2002-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Question

As you have just said, the error that lies at the root of our human tragedy which places bliss in the object, is so strong that we do not know how to attain this discrimination, this objectless joy which you describe in your study “From Desire to Joy without an Object”. How can we go beyond this conditioning?

Answer

First of all, it is important to realize that what we are really after is a perfectly stable state which at the same time would be joy, peace and supreme security. Unfortunately, life gives us no promise of stability and the joy given by a desired object is always a fleeting one.

What is the exact relationship between a fleeting joy and the objects which give it? At first sight, it seems to be a relationship of cause and effect, or of container and contained, but experience shows us that the same object can at different moments produce joy, disgust or complete indifference. This goes to prove that it does not produce joy, it merely triggers it off.

When the coveted object is finally possessed, we find ourselves in a state of non-desire and joy is nothing else but the attainment of such a state. When joy is perfect and non-desire is complete, the object vanishes. Only joy remains. For the ego it is a stopping point.

Thus the object is in no way necessary for this arrest in desire. Wisdom (i.e. the science of happiness) is nothing else but the know-how of “stopping”. Thus an objectless stilling of desire is achieved, and thereby arises perfect joy.

This perfect joy which we sought in objects is revealed as being the basis of being. The understanding of this truth may be considered as the basis of realization.

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