We feel joy from material fulfillments when we fulfill our own desires.
We feel spiritual joy when we fulfill other people who were initially strangers, but who we then turn into our loved ones. We thus rejoice in their fulfillment.
The difference between these two kinds of joy is that material joy comes from fulfilling our own desires, which is limited; while spiritual joy comes from fulfilling others’ desires, which we feel as unlimited.
Why do we feel limited fulfillment in material joy and unlimited fulfillment in spiritual joy?
“Material joy comes from fulfilling our self-aimed corporeal desires where we can only fulfill ourselves. These desires are thus limited in volume, and consequently, in the amount of the force of joy in its sensation. In other words, our lives are limited by the size of our world, i.e., our perception of reality that we receive in our five senses.”
Material joy comes from fulfilling our self-aimed corporeal desires where we can only fulfill ourselves. These desires are thus limited in volume, and consequently, in the amount of the force of joy in its sensation. In other words, our lives are limited by the size of our world, i.e., our perception of reality that we receive in our five senses.
When we start fulfilling others, we reach a degree of limitless fulfillment, where we gain a sense of eternity and perfection.
However, we can reach such a degree on condition that we love others, i.e., when we are ready to fulfill others endlessly, because we then simultaneously connect with the upper force of love, bestowal and connection.
“Spiritual joy is thus the feeling of an immense and eternal joy that we feel when an endless stream of pleasure passes through us, giving us a feeling of the spiritual eternal life. In order to reach such a degree, we need to first start loving others.”
This upper force gives us everything we need in order to fulfill others. We then channel this upper force through us to others as they become our most beloved and desirable people. Accordingly, we gain a boundless opportunity to fulfill everyone and feel great joy by doing so.
Spiritual joy is thus the feeling of an immense and eternal joy that we feel when an endless stream of pleasure passes through us, giving us a feeling of the spiritual eternal life. In order to reach such a degree, we need to first start loving others.
“Love your neighbor as yourself” is the main commandment because if we approach it, we then advance optimally toward spirituality and come to fully realize ourselves. If we make no moves toward loving others, then whatever we do in our lives drifts away in its transience.
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繋がりをくださいまして感謝申し上げます。世界に憎しみや争いが起こってしまうことを悲しく思います。戦争をすることは平和への手段となるのでしょうか？ひとりひとりが違った私達でありますので、良いや悪いの判断が出来ないのです。皆んな違っていてみんなよいのだと思えるのです。また戦うことでも争うことでも、強制をすることでもなくひとりひとりが納得し、平和に向かって進んでいくことができますように創造主に祈りたいと思います。お願い致します
愛とは愛さなければならないという消極的なものではなく、愛したいという欲求なのでしょうか？ですが、なぜ創造主は愛「さなければならない」または、その他の制限をお与になられたのでしょうか？もし争いや戦いではない平和な道を進んでいくことが出来るための制限だとしたら、創造主の計画が完成されたときには人へのあらゆる制限を取り外すこともお考えになられているのでしょうか。。