Weekly Words of Wisdom
chosen by Lama Surya Das
for Dzogchen Center

12 June 2000

Happiness is a superstition
but Joy is our birthright.

Happiness comes from getting what you want,
Joy from being who you really are.

The deeper you go the less definable you become
and the realer you feel.

There is nothing for us to get
and everything for us to be.

Joy is who we really are
when we stop pretending we're not free.

- Stephen Levine

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