𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 ...

A SPONTANEOUS VAJRA SONG

Happiness can not be found
through great effort and willpower,
- but is already present,
- in open relaxation and letting go.

Don’t strain yourself,
there is nothing to do or undo.
Whatever momentarily arises in the body-mind
- has no real importance at all,
- has little reality whatsoever.

Why identify with, and become attached to it,
- passing judgment upon it and ourselves?

Far better to simply
let the entire game happen on its own,
- springing up and falling back like waves
- without changing or manipulating anything
and notice how everything vanishes and
reappears, magically, again and again, time without end.

Only our searching for happiness
- prevents us from seeing it.
It’s like a vivid rainbow
which you pursue without ever catching,
- or a dog chasing its own tail.
Although peace and happiness
do not exist as an actual thing or place,
- it is always available
- and accompanies you every instant.

Don’t believe in the reality
of good and bad experiences.
They are like today’s ephemeral weather,
- like rainbows in the sky.
Wanting to grasp the ungraspable,
you exhaust yourself in vain.
As soon as you open and relax this tight fist of grasping,
- infinite space is there - open, inviting and comfortable.

Make use of this spaciousness,
- this freedom and natural ease.

Don’t search any further
looking for the great awakened elephant,
who is already resting quietly at home,
- in front of your own hearth.
Nothing to do or undo,
nothing to force,
nothing to want,
and nothing missing

Emaho! Marvelous!

Everything happens by itself.