A Temple of Joy
To live in a temple of joy.
To leave my worries, concerns, and judgments of daily life behind.
To leave these unnecessary distractions on the shoe rack.
To understand that in every moment,
the supreme state of joy is available to me.
To experience the purity of joy in seeing a friend, hearing a birdsong,
watching children play, seeing the sunlight sparkle through the leaves of a tree,
watching a sunset, and especially—to be alive and aware of Consciousness.
Such joy is ever fresh, ever new, as if I am experiencing it for the first time.
Such joy is my companion, my compass, my natural state.
Such a temple is always bright with the laughter and love of supreme joy.
El Escorial, Spain
