Dear Ones,
Swami says the same thing when He whispers "true happiness is within".
This was explained in one of the posts earlier also.
True Bliss, Ananda, experienced by the meditator, does not come from outside and hug him.
Man's essential nature is Ananda.
Like the sun is covered by the cloud, gold is covered by dust, man's essential nature is clouded by his ego and his associating himself with all worldly suffering.
Meditation is to draw oneself inward, disassociate with all objects, emotions and thoughts.
Once you have disassociated with your ego, the soul experiences Bliss within, which has eternally been its essential nature. The Bliss is like the sunshine when clouds pass away, like the gold when it is polished and the dust gathered on it is removed.
Does the sun get its heat or shine from some outside agency when clouds move away?? Does the goldsmith pour some thing from outside to the gold to make it shine like Gold?
Man is a reservoir of all the Ananda that the entire cosmos consist.
At the end of spiritual journey, shrutis say that the Ananda is discovered by man in the cave of his heart. It does not say that Ananda is derived from an external source. It says it is discovered within the heart.
Don't we know that any discovery can only be of something that exists already?
Ignorant of this essential truth, we search for the same Bliss from every possible source outside us.
As boy, we search for happiness in school friends/ games etc.
As youth, we search in relationships, in infatuation, in many other addictions.
As grown up, we search in job / career/ money/ etc.
As married beings, in spouse, in intimacy with our spouse.
As parents - in our children.
As grand parents - in our grand children.
In old age - in those few moments when our family can spare to talk to us, to let us know they are there for us.
Not to forget the search for happiness in movies / entertainments etc., which is there in entire life!!
The search for true bliss / happiness is thus endless.
Classic example is searching for chain everywhere in house, ignorant of the fact that it is right there on our neck.
Once all kleshas are transcended, vasanas are transcended, whatever is left in us, is BLISS!!
Love.
