The attainment of
bliss -- much less "utter bliss" -- doesn't figure among the list of things I really spend much time thinking about.
To
chase bliss in any deliberate manner, insofar as doing so requires FIRST that a person think only of themselves, and therefore selfishly, seems to me a rather LONELY pursuit.
In fact, I would say that some of the loneliest and LEAST happy people I have ever met were those that had given much time to the object of this thread.
Sorry, Tala -- I wish I had more "festive" response for you right now.
But, I am recently so wearied by people so fixed on their own picture of happiness -- AND ALL THE NECESSARY DISTORTIONS, BENDINGS AND DENIALS OF THE TRUTH ATTENDANT TO THAT STATE -- that I cannot be a participant in this exercise.
j-