The Happiness We Ignore Every Morning

Even so, something remains.
Something that is perfectly satisfied.
Perfectly complete.
Perfectly at peace.

Every night, life offers us a free preview of essential human fullness.

And it happens not through effort.
Not through achievement.
Not by becoming something new.
It happens simply by falling asleep.

For when we wake up, we say:
“I slept so deeply…
Nothing passed through my cognition…
I lacked nothing…
I worried about nothing…
It was in a continuous space of peace.”

Thus, when we declare “I lacked nothing,” this is not merely rest.
It is a description of our essential fullness.
It is a form of complete happiness.
Both, it must be noted, are the absent of self-knowledge.

That is, in deep sleep, everything to which we normally cling, attach ourselves, or become dependent upon is gently withdrawn from our comprehension.

This means that…
The body is set aside.
The mind is set aside.
The ego is set aside.
The entire world is set aside.

Even so, something remains.
Something that is perfectly satisfied.
Perfectly complete.
Perfectly at peace.

This “something” is not born from the absence of objects, circumstances, or people, it simply reveals itself when objects and situations stop distracting us.

Because this “something” is a brief immersion into our true nature.
It is fullness shining in its most native state,
Without effort, without demand, and, above all, without lacking anything.

Even so, in this captivating moment, it is imperative to ask: what is the silent tragedy of our human lives?

It is the fact that when we wake up, we immediately think:
“I need to check my messages.
I need to see who liked my posts.
I need to get up and do something, anything.
That is, we feel compelled to validate our sense of incompleteness.”

In other words, every night we taste the nectar of freedom and fullness.
Yet we treat these profound and revealing moments merely as a recharge station, as a recharge to survive the next 16 hours of self-imposed restlessness, worries and fears.

So tonight, when you go to sleep, do not simply “switch off.”

Witness the revealing dissolution that is taking place.

And when you wake up,
Before you grab the phone,
Before you give life to the repetitive stories,
Before the endless rushing,

Remain for thirty seconds in that silent radiance and ask:
“Who was so perfectly happy without a single object, person, or circumstance?”

And remember that this “Who” is already free, whole, and joyful.

And that the tragedy occurs because we simply ignore, or forget, this exuberant revelation every morning.

Therefore, do not waste the preview of your own fullness.
Embrace it with care, ardor, and intensity.
For one day, when you truly understand your own nature (ātma-jñānam), the preview will become a permanent reality.

Meanwhile, when you awaken, savor the magic of each new dawn.

Acharya Tadany.
Morning Meditation.
Pune, January 25, 2025.

(Every night and every morning, since always.)