By Gurudevi Nirmalananda

The common denominator in most conversations is complaints.

But after a yoga or meditation session, you may find that you have fewer words. That is because, when you are in bliss, your mind is quiet. When you are in bliss, you no longer need outer things to make you happy.

Yogic bliss is reliable; happiness is not. Bliss is more fulfilling than happiness. It fills you from the inside. Since bliss arises from within, you can bring it with you everywhere you go. Yogic bliss is more portable than worldly happiness.

When you base yourself in the deeper dimensions of your own being, bliss is ever arising. Your neediness and fear disappear as though they never existed, like dark disappears when you light a candle flame. Now powered by Consciousness, you have lots to give.

I remember when I was needy. I couldn’t be generous because I always felt empty. Fear was what kept me moving. Whether money or relationships were motivating me, I worked hard at measuring up. Yet when things went well, my success didn’t ease my fear. It’s like I lived on red-alert. Until yoga, that is.

Yoga taught me how to relax. Yoga taught me how to breathe. Yoga taught me how to be present inside my own skin. It was my first step toward…