Bliss

Let me tell you about something that has come about since I embarked on my Vegan Adventure and became a full-fledged, happy vegan. It is purely metaphysical. It can be encapsulated in one word:

Bliss.

This feeling of bliss is difficult to describe using written or spoken language. It is the intangible, the transcendent, the abstract.

Have you ever been all by yourself, and cried tears of joy? Tears flowing from your face not caused by any particular person or being, or any one thing, that you can precisely put your finger on? I don't know whether or not Nirvana exists, but if it does, perhaps this is the feeling of being one baby-step closer.

Or perhaps its just hormones.
OH I don't know. Yes, I am female. Yes, I am still of a hormonally charged age (early 20s). But I have difficulty attributing these moments of sheer bliss to mere chemistry, biology, and mathematics. I feel that there may be more at work here.
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Bliss is a state of extreme happiness. Happiness is the carrot at the end of everyone's stick. That thing we're all working for, waiting for.

To be human is to be wrought with dissatisfaction - always searching for more, more, more in order to feel fulfilled. It is thought that once we find full satisfaction in our lives, we will be truly happy. And once we are truly happy, our lives will be complete. But what happens when you feel this way in the middle, or even the beginning of your life? What's next?

These moments of bliss scare me a little bit. I want to keep this! What happens when this feeling goes away?? And when I have bliss, it is almost paralyzing: What else is there to do if, at this moment in time, I am completely satisfied?

 

Then, usually shortly afterwards, my state of bliss crumbles due to some minor sundry event: I lose my bus pass, someone in my family yells at me, I hit my funny-bone, I catch a cold. It's the sort of stuff that bogs people down day-to-day, and makes them feel as though they haven't gotten the carrot. 

But sure enough, once these minor hiccups pass, my state of bliss reemerges.

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