Where Does Joy Come From?
Student: Where does joy come from? When you are feeling ill and it’s not pleasant, where does the smile come from?
Chögyam Trungpa: I think it’s a question of realizing that whatever your experience is, it is not necessarily all that solid. Things are not all that solid and substantial; there is an illusory quality to things. It is like driving through very thick, solid-looking fog: although it looks solid, still you know the fog is not a wall; you know you can just drive through. So you keep on driving, and at some point you get beyond the fog and you can see the road.
S: So the smile is some kind of knowing or trust?
CT: You know that you are not devastated, at that point. Things are not worse, as you expected.
