{"id":201,"date":"2026-06-19T22:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T22:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/?p=201"},"modified":"2026-06-19T22:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T22:24:46","slug":"the-myth-of-permanent-bliss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/the-myth-of-permanent-bliss\/","title":{"rendered":"The Myth of Permanent Bliss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5.png 438w, https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a widespread misconception in spiritual circles that enlightenment brings a permanent state of bliss. Many people assume that once someone is enlightened or self realized, they are beyond all \u201cnegative\u201d emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is simply not true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of this myth, many seekers feel like they\u2019ve failed or that something is wrong with them whenever they experience anger, sadness, fear, loneliness, jealousy, or other \u201cnegative\u201d emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even highly realized beings still experience the full range of human emotions.  Nisargadatta Maharaj was known for his fiery temper. Baba Muktananda could become extremely angry and intense. Jesus became so enraged that he overturned the tables of the money changers in the temple and drove them out with a whip. Alan Watts struggled with severe mood swings and depression, eventually drinking himself to death. St. John of the Cross endured the \u201cDark Night of the Soul\u201d \u2014 a prolonged period of deep spiritual despair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modern teacher Adyashanti has openly spoken about still experiencing anger and other difficult emotions long after his awakening. Many realized masters have also spoken about feeling deep sadness and grief when a loved one or close disciple dies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t expect enlightenment to bring you permanent bliss. It simply doesn\u2019t work that way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a widespread misconception in spiritual circles that enlightenment brings a permanent state of bliss. Many people assume that once someone is enlightened or self realized, they are beyond all \u201cnegative\u201d emotions. This is simply not true. Because of this myth, many seekers feel like they\u2019ve failed or that something is wrong with them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfrealizationmantra.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}