What is the nature of the bliss we must pursue? Is it what we are endeavouring to experience now? Bhagawan lovingly reminds us today.

Today people seek Ananda (Bliss). But what kind of Ananda do they want? Is it momentary or enduring bliss? Can momentary bliss be equated with Ananda? Ananda is that state of joy which is lasting and unchanging. The joy that is experienced from moment to moment can only be termed Santosham - temporary happiness. It is to be regarded as "some-tosham" (a little joy). To seek it is a dosham (error). Revelling in the transient and the momentary, men lose themselves. Ananda is enduring bliss. Santosham is pleasure. There is a wide gulf between the two. When one is hungry, he takes some chapatis and feels satisfied and happy. But hunger appears again after a few hours. Hence, this happiness comes and goes like birth and death. This is not the kind of happiness man should seek. He must aspire for the bliss that is everlasting.