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Message from Buddha
as channeled by Diane Forestell

As we walk this path of life , we often see the struggles of those around us. We often understand and share the pain of those that we live with. It is most often that we understand this pain, as it is something that is quite discomforting. It is also available to us to understand their joy. And to help and assist with amplifying joy. We feel the necessity to understand pain. Not as often do we feel the necessity to understand the joy. I wish for you to see that joy may exist in your life, if you wish to focus on it, if you wish to understand it.

The cause of joy for each of you is different; as is the cause of sorrow. To know your sorrow, you usually look to your childhood. To know your joy, you do not think of this same technique. As a child your joy was natural. It was not qualified in any manner. To re-experience this joy is a state of being. It does not require you to be child-like. It requires you to have an understanding of joy.

Each day I wish for you to see how it is that can create joy in your life. An exercise, if you will, that will show you what you enjoy, what brings happiness into your life. To say that to understand your suffering brings joy is to emphasize that you can only be happy if you have been unhappy. Scientists may say that, on balance, this is a true statement. But does a child know unhappiness to experience his joy? I feel that joy is a natural state and sorrow is when we have disconnected from the true state of joy.

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