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Joy at the root of being - vitality polishing life toward bliss.
This is the joy at the root of being, vitality that wants to polish everything it touches. Its shadow is dissatisfaction, the itch that criticizes life for being imperfect. Its gift is vitality: the same pressure turned to joyful improvement, energy in love with betterment.
The practice is to let dissatisfaction point without letting it poison; it is the signature of a spirit that knows things can shine. Polish what you touch, then delight in it. Joy needs no reason and improvement no resentment. At depth the two merge into bliss.
Dissatisfaction → Vitality → Bliss