In past reflections I wrote about The Sweet Sweetness That I Am and The Nectar of True Devotion. Today I want to take this further by sharing a practice that laces my experience with joy and mystery, even in the thick of life’s turbulence.

James, the brother of Jesus, once wrote: count it all joy when you go through trials and tribulations. That line puzzled me for years. What joy can be counted in suffering? It can’t be about a distant heavenly reward. It must be something present here, now, in the very texture of living.

This isn’t about escaping the dense grind of daily life. We still need practical tools, skills, and relationships. What I’m pointing to is a different way of seeing—one that makes the ordinary pulse with mystery.

Think of the sea. On the surface, the waves are restless and loud. But when the diver slips beneath, everything changes. Stillness. Clarity. Serenity. That depth is always there. What if we learned to return to it more often?

Over time, a shift happens. Like a fish living its whole life in water yet never recognizing water, we may realize that what we call God, awareness, or life itself is closer than close. Expressing itself as us, through us, in us. Appearing as our circumstances, then vanishing back into stillness—untouched by the turbulence.

William Blake put it beautifully: If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear… as it is, Infinite.

So how do we cleanse these doors? One path is jnana yoga, the way of self-inquiry. This episode has me read out the prompts.

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