Joy Is Not Optional
“Joy feels good because Joy is Life and Life is meant to feel good when we allow it to flow through us.”
Hi Folks. I haven’t written much in the blogosphere this year as I have been focusing on leading Satsangs and building a ceremonial and retreat yurt on the property! Abode of Applied Wisdom - प्रयुक्तज्ञानस्य आलयः (Prayukta-Jñānasya Ālayaḥ) - will be open this summer of 2025!
There’s a lot of angst in the collective field these days—you can feel it. People are absorbed in the distractions of an imbalanced society. Go, go, go. Do, do, do. That’s their mantra. Where does that leave room for joy? Pretty much nowhere. And that’s a serious hazard to our well-being and to the well-being of the collective. Your joy matters.
The collective ego discounts joy. It minimizes it, invalidates it, treats it like an afterthought. Of course it does—joy is of the soul, not the ego. And to the ego, joy doesn’t compute. It isn’t a survival tool, so it’s seen as irrelevant—frivolous, even. So the ego broadcasts the message that joy is optional, unimportant, even indulgent. Besides, who has time for that? Go, go, go. Do, do, do.
Let’s be clear—that’s a lie. Joy is not optional. Joy is essential. It’s a direct transmission of your own life energy. Think about it: what could be optional about letting your own life energy move through you? Nothing. Zero. Nada.
What gives you joy? What does joy feel like to you? Where in your body do you feel it? Joy as a flow of energy is sometimes quiet, sometimes exuberant. It naturally emanates from what you truly are. And because it’s universal in nature, it shows up uniquely—perfectly tuned to the most alive parts of you. It shows up in the things you love to do. Sometimes it’s dancing. Sometimes it’s watching birds at your feeder. Sometimes it’s walking in the woods. For me, it’s playing or deeply listening to music.
Joy is not optional. It’s an expression of the Light you are. It floods your body with life-enhancing chemistry.
There’s a lot of dissonance in the collective field—we all feel it. Watching the news is a guaranteed way to lower your frequency into fear. Joy is the buoyant counterbalance. The antidote. The more joy you allow into your life, the brighter your Light shines. That might sound like a trite cliché, but it’s true. Your Light protects you by increasing the magnetic energy field around you in both power and frequency. And that field determines what you attract—and what you repel. This is one reason why joy is not an option.
Another reason: at an energetic level, Light workers are a massive grid of interconnected nodes. We’re instruments of Light—resonating with and relaying Infinite Intelligence through the mycelial network of consciousness. Each node matters—that’s you. You’re an essential part of generating and holding a resonant container for the higher consciousness now birthing on this planet. Joy attunes you to that frequency. It keeps your signal clean.
Want more joy? Don’t wait for it. Invite it.
Ask yourself:
What if joy didn’t have to be earned—just received?
When did I last feel joy in my body? What was I doing? Come to think of it, where in my body do I feel joy?
What brings me simple and quiet joy that I could give more time to?
Where in my life do I feel most alive? What would help me say yes to that more often?
What’s one simple way I could make space for joy today?
Don’t treat these as tasks. Let them be openings. Ask, listen, feel. Joy answers when it’s invited.
Joy isn’t just a “nice to have.” It’s essential. It’s your birthright, your lifeline, your compass. Focus on fear and it feeds itself. Focus on joy and you come alive. Let it fill your cells. Let it light up your field. Anchor in joy—and watch everything align in ways that delight and surprise you.
🙏 🙌 🕉
Eric