2007-06-29 15:33:59 · 29 answers · asked by Optimistic 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Whenever we are connected with what is eternal in 'us', we are in bliss, or rather feel what the 'eternal' is.
For us, it can be a moment of prayer, or divine ecstasy, but they are all fleeting, yet when we learn to stay permanently connected to the divine within, we would rather stay 'there', as the outside world then appears so 'blissless'.
You must have noticed, how many mystics and saints who having once experienced divine bliss, refuse to come back into the 'real' world. As it is hard to keep our connection strong while staying in the 'real' world.
So many choose to lead a secluded life, for most of their lives, as it gives them the privacy to keep their connections strong, yet they do come out to meet a select group of people, people who are also on the path, or reach out through their writings to common people, who are willing to take up the path of bliss.
2007-06-29 15:43:46 · answer #1 · answered by Abhishek Joshi 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
AS Jean-Paul Sartre said "Hell is other people;" so why they are around, bliss is not on the cards.
Rumour has it that after Armageddon everyone will live in eternal bliss under God's ruler-ship (the (deserving) dead will come back to life too); but that may just be a rumour.
2007-06-29 22:47:41 · answer #2 · answered by Silkie1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that eternal bliss eludes us for several reasons... the first of which being the questioning of the existence of eternity. How can we settle into eternal bliss when we don't understand eternity?
Some people believe that if we can focus ourselves to relaxation with no distractions, we can find truth, and with the coming of truth there is peace and unity, and thereby a blissful state. It seems all too often that the conventional idea of "bliss" is too un-fitting with our rushed, hurried, daily lives.
Maybe we ought to re-define "eternal bliss" to something more achievable in our every-day lives. After all, what is bliss if it isn't enjoyable? It ought to be a state of existence that you enjoy, and you're the only one that can define that.
2007-06-29 15:40:18 · answer #3 · answered by Pumpkin 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bliss can probably be defined as a sharp increase in happiness. But, if that happiness stops increasing, even the greatest thing can turn normal. So in order to have eternal bliss, you need have an exponential increase in happiness forever. But even then, that increase will become something normal to you, and you will only require more happiness.
2007-06-29 16:10:28 · answer #4 · answered by Billy Nostrand 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, no eternal life. And if you experience bliss for a long time in this life, you will loose so much energy you will literally burn up, or just die. Your body and mind just wouldn't be able to take it.
2007-06-29 15:44:50 · answer #5 · answered by Lionheart ® 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Eternal?? There is no eternal. Bliss?? Bliss, you can experience right now. Go out and have sex or get drunk or read a book. It is all in your head.
It is all what you make of it.
2007-06-29 15:41:09 · answer #6 · answered by doggie love 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Are we sure we really want to have eternal bliss? The Arabs, I think, have a saying that "sunshine every day makes a desert".
2007-06-29 15:39:29 · answer #7 · answered by Tom K 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because we are not eternal and more frequently, not in a state of bliss.
2007-06-29 15:38:52 · answer #8 · answered by Sophist 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because neither eternity or bliss exist.
2007-06-29 15:39:42 · answer #9 · answered by Nodality 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We can!
You can!
It's called, in Pali, Nibbana...
All you need do is open your eyes...
also, remember that "Eternity has nothing to do with Time! It is that moment right here and Now that Time, [Space, and Duality] shuts out." -Joseph Campbell.
2007-06-30 05:09:57 · answer #10 · answered by Cognitive Dissident ÜberGadfly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋