{"quotes":[{"text":"An introspective person seeks to attain a pure state of consciousness by merging finitude in infinity and by expressing the rapture of the soul through the contemplation and adoration of beauty. In this brief interlude of time, I surrender to becoming a cog in the roadway, an insentient time traveler, a ward of eternity, a day-tripper, a nighttime dream weaver, a blip in the cosmos, a freebase glob of energy, an imaginable disk of bundled vitality that wants for nothing.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["adoration","beauty","beauty-in-nature","bliss","blissful","blissful-journey","blissful-state","contemplation","introspection","introspective","mind-body-spirit","mindfulness"],"id":37530,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"The highest degree of human attainment comes when a person is blissfully at peace with his or her own nature and the natural world.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["bliss","blissful-state","enlightenment","enlightenment-principles","enlightenment","self-acceptance","self-acceptance"],"id":45095,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"Serenity of mind produces an expanding awareness that fosters creative selflessness, which in turn enables us to experience unabashed harmony communing in rhythmical bliss with nature.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["bliss","blissful-state","commune-with-self","enlightenment","enlightenment-principles","enlightenment","peaceful-life","selflessness","serenity","tranquility"],"id":53768,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"Joy cannot be confused with the mere absence sorrow, misinterpreted as experiencing minimal despair, or misunderstood as living without crippling trepidation. Bliss necessarily encompasses uncompromising acceptance of life’s defining permutations. Emotional harmony necessitates beholding the pleasant and unpleasant exigencies of life while expressing unstinting appreciation for the ordinary and the extraordinary events in our lives. Joyfulness transcends the variations in physical and emotional demands exerted upon us. Elation for life allows us to rise above environmental determinates and associated stresses that might otherwise vex our souls including death and other sorrowful events.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["bliss","blissful-state","happiness","happiness-advice","happiness-in-life","happiness","joy","joyful-living","joyful-living","perspective","philosophy-of-life","sorrow"],"id":88701,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"Nothing can get spoilt as long the mind is steady, and when it becomes restless, it will spoil. God doesn’t give or take from anyone, but because God is in the permanent blissful state, all external actions will go well when one’s mind is steadied in Him.","author":"Dada Bhagwan","tags":["bliss","blissful-state","god","mind","restless","spiritual","spiritual"],"id":124349,"author_id":"Dada+Bhagwan"},{"text":"All things want to float as light as air through the world witnessing all that is. I am a mote of dust floating freely in the firmament, a person who merely is, and I feel full of joy for all worldly treasures, the immaculate gift of life.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["bliss","blissful","blissful-heart","blissful-journey","blissful-state","joy","joyful","joyful-living"],"id":135032,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"Happiness lies in being content with what you have right now, than mongering over what you don't have. Respect Life, Celebrate Now!","author":"Ramana Pemmaraju","tags":["blissful-state","contentment","live-in-the-now","no-mind","now"],"id":143902,"author_id":"Ramana+Pemmaraju"},{"text":"The goal of any spiritual person is to strive towards attaining self-realization by living spontaneously in the present moment of physical reality, free from anxiety and distress, unencumbered by frivolous affections, and liberated from specious attachments.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["attachments","bliss","blissful","blissful-life","blissful-state","enlighten","enlightenment","enlightenment-principles","enlightenment","live-in-peace","live-in-the-here-and-now","live-in-the-moment","live-in-the-now","live-in-the-present","peace-of-mind","peaceful","peaceful-coexistence","peaceful-life","self-realization","spontaneity","spontaneous"],"id":155349,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"Living with love for all humankind and worshiping nature’s immense beauty cures heartache and restores bliss. Respecting the splendor of nature awakens us to the beauty inscribing our own humanity.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["bliss","bliss","blissful","blissful-state","heartache","nature","nature-s-beauty","splendor","splendor-of-creation"],"id":157293,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"What is called true happiness? It is 'chit prasannta' (blissful state of chit). The person who has attained 'chit prasannta', he need not beg for anything in this world!","author":"Dada Bhagwan","tags":["beg","bliss","blissful-state","chit","happiness","spiritual","spiritual","true-happiness"],"id":205580,"author_id":"Dada+Bhagwan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}