Bliss is not happiness or joy or delight etc Blog by Pramod AgarwalBliss is not happiness or joy or delight etc because its sources are not the senses or even the mind, but the source is our own Self. Hindu ethics is not a social invention but a discovery, discovery of the source of ethics. All psychologists agree that self-oriented interests ultimately motivate all human actions. And some state that pleasure is the specific driving force behind all our actions. These motivations no doubt lead to material prosperity, progress and pleasure, but are no guarantee of happiness, and what is worse is that they inevitably lead to conflicts among humans, societies and nations. Rishies discovered that the same selfish person is naturally benevolent after the mystic experience; he is not driven by pleasure but by love, kindness and justice. Lives of Rishies and sages, ancient and modern like Shankaachaarya, Raamaanujaachaarya, Raamkrishna, Vivekananda, Aurobindo, Yogi Ram, Maharshi Mahesh Yogi etc. demonstrate the same truth. Hindu ethics is not emotion-based, and it progresses on rationality. It does not agree with the 'emotive based theory' of British philosopher A.J. Ayer; but agrees more with the rationalist Kurt Baier. Rishies had also discovered that morality exists within the living creatures, especially in humans; it does not live in the Platonic spirits. Objective morals are those that exist regardless of the existence of beings who can perceive them; in this sense Hindu morals are not objective. Hindu ethics is this worldly (2.3.14. Katthopanishad); it is other worldly also for those who believe in other world; for those who believe in rebirth, it liberates them from this cycle. The realization of (the Self and thus) the Bliss is to be experienced here and now in this world. The realization is really a discovery of the true Self which was hidden behind the worldly mind. The 'knowledge' that is realized during the mystical experience is, therefore, not 'man-made', in the sense that it is not made by the mind or brain of man, indeed one has to go beyond the mind and brain of a man. It is neither 'God-made' in the sense that there is no personal God, except that it is the nature of Brahman to be everywhere including the creatures. It is simply discovering the already present one's own real Self through the direct experience of 'Reality' or 'Sat'Chit'Anand.
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