Trust and bliss

When into a spiritual practise one often gets into states of bliss. While bliss is nice, it is not very balanced and not always desireable in the same way that you for example would not like to be on a drug all the time. It is fun for a while, but soon you want to feel “normal”. Bliss states can (i assume) deplete your serotonin if you are in it for an extended period of time. As serotonin regulates mental balance you will get into a negative mental state sooner or later, maybe even a depression.

This is why i belive it is important to combine any spiritual practise with simple sitting (zazen). When you sit, your trust that you are complete grows. If you trust that you love yourself, trust in completeness, then your consciousness doesn’t feel the need to make you constantly conscious that you love yourself by making you feel bliss all the time. It doesn’t need to prove anything to you, as you trust yourself. So the bliss sinks below your conscious threshold. It is like the love between an old couple. They don’t have to express their love to each other every day to prove there is still love between them. When there is trust in love, you don’t have to prove it’s there by showing it.