The World Feeling And The Soul Feeling

I like the way Anthony De Mello shows the contrast between Worldly Feeling and Soul Feeling. Soul feeling arises from within us. It is characterized by joy, intimacy, nourishment, and fulfillment. No body takes away soul feeling from me as it is generated and sustained form within. Worldly feeling comes from outside sources such as someone praising me , admiring me, think highly of me. Such worldly feeling fluctuates as it comes from outside sources. It comes and goes. Self-generated soul feeling is generated from the depth of our being. It endures and gets richer and deeper. It is rooted in our being.

I am a teacher and a counselor. I have enduring love affair with teaching and counseling. Teaching and counseling fill the cup of my life. I have been teaching and counseling for the last 75 years. I am not tired, bored and unfulfilled by following my inner voice. When I feel good and great about me by the praise and admiration I receive from others that make me feel good and great, the glorious feeling stays for a while and after sometime it evaporates. This week I was invited as a guest speaker to give a talk at Governors Sate University to undergraduate and gradate students majoring in School Psychology. I told them the reason for my being a teacher and a counselor. It has been my cup of tea for all these years.

When I do what I love to do like teaching, counseling and meditating I feel deeply happy. The reward comes from within. It is unending. It is very joyful and fulfilling. I am connected with it and not attached to it. Fulfillment, love and joy are the criteria of soul feeling. Hope and pray we all find our path that creates and sustains inner wealth of joy, excitement and fulfillment in our life.
Namaste!