The centuries-old drumbeat of mystic teachings says to look inward to find your true nature. What you find is the flowing of a river, or the current of consciousness that is you. You are the flowing. You are the expressing that is consciousness in existence. The mind does not know this. It is blind to your reality. The mind sees separation. It contrasts you with others. The heart knows your perfection. It does not compare and judge. The heart is a pearl of great value. Jesus said to sell all to buy the pearl. In other words, release your attachment to the world and enter the room within. Within yourself, take time to feel gratitude. Gratitude is knowing joy firsthand. To know joy is to love all without fear. Love does not need to be bound by fear. You can release fear, not in the mind but in the heart. The heart knows joy and is grateful. The mind is ignorant. It does not know the way. You cannot rationalize your way to joy. Joy cannot be explained. It has no description. Joy can rescue you when you lose heart. Joy leaves the heart cleansed and free. Joy accepts all and brings you peace always. Joy is your true nature within. That is the message of the drumbeat.
