“'And your presses shall run over with wine.' These presses are your interior spiritual faculties…This wine holy Scripture speaks of is accurately and mystically understood to be that spiritual wisdom distilled in the deep contemplation and high savoring of the transcendent God. And how spontaneously, joyously, and effortlessly shall all this happen through the working of grace. Busy toil of yours is no longer necessary.”
—Privy Counsel Ch. 5
The fruit of the contemplative experience is this overflow of deep, abiding joy, (Ananda or bliss as the Hindus say). It is that quality of peace, contentment and equanimity that we perceive so fully developed in spiritual masters. And from that ground of joy, all experience just seems to flow effortlessly. There is no strain, no difficulty, as we see that all things arise and pass away from the same infinite wellspring. As the Tao Te Ching says,
The wise one accomplishes without action
She accepts the ebb and flow of things.
Nurtures them, but does not own them.
And lives, but does not dwell.
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