Object pleasure, sensual pleasure, and
inner Bliss
Type of pleasure |
When is happiness/Bliss experienced
in worldly life? |
From what is happiness/Bliss derived? |
Which body is nourished? |
1. Object |
When experiencing pleasure objects |
Extroverted nature |
The physical body |
2. Sensual pleasure |
When thinking about the desire |
Attitude of the mind |
The mind (subtle body) |
3. Inner Bliss |
The Bliss, which is experienced for a few moments
immediately after awaking, that is the transitory state between sleep and waking
state. |
Inaction even by the mind |
The intellect (causal body) |
Examples
Object pleasure - When enjoying a delicious meal, the source, that
is, the meal, is external (to our subtle body or the mind) and the taste buds
in the tongue are nourished. Sensual pleasure - When thinking about sensual desires, the source is the
attitude (thoughts) of the mind and the mind itself is nourished. Inner Bliss - Experienced by an individual in the transitory state between
waking and sleep, when the mind is still and so the subtler body, that is, the
causal body or the intellect, gets nourished.
To be continued in the next issue.
[Reference taken from the Sanatan
organization’s publication, Vol.
1B: Spirituality, compiled by His
Holiness Dr. Jayant Athavale and Her Holiness Dr.
Mrs. Kunda Athavale.]
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