Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Debra Moffitt, author of Awake in the World and the new Garden of Bliss.
Everyone wants to find happiness, but what if there is something deeper, something more lasting? Happiness is good. It's a wonderful feeling that comes from buying a new dress or eating an ice cream cone. It may be connected with having physical desires met, but happiness can be fleeting and temporary. Joy dives deeper and last longer. It touches into the spiritual and comes from within. Bliss is the ultimate harvest of spiritual life; it's an experience that transcends the physical and, according to wisdom traditions, it is our true nature. If you want to find that path