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Old Oct 31, 2004, 03:01 AM
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Not trivial at all. It's great to be reminded that there are many simple things to appreciate in the world. I didn't know about these community owned farms, so I learned a neat new thing, too.

I'm so glad that this was a joyful thing for you.

Once I wrote a book called "How to be Happy" (boy, those were the days). My spiritual mentor said, "Happy means you are depending on things outside of yourself to make you happy. It comes from the word happenstance. Joy is what you feel from God-consciousness."

That has really been true to me. It seems to me that you are describing joy. The Sufis say that all of nature praises God -- that the trees are singing to God, and each creature, with its chirp or whinny or mew or bark, is praising God. That even the vegetables and plants are emitting energetic waves that are their language.

So it seems to me that you have described a truly joyous experience. I loved reading about it. So many good, happy things on the general forum tonight.

<font color="purple">Thank you so much for sharing!!!!!!! </font>
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