Find your bliss in chaos!

Nona Walia

When in lockdown, have a mind that's open to finding your daily bliss point. Be a blissologist and collect moments of happiness!

Are you in control of your emotions? In a lockdown, how easy is it to be on the edge? Are you in a good mood because you’ve just finished an important project, cooked a delicious meal, or had fun with your friends or family. As you turn to your online news feed, does your mood suddenly takes a nosedive. Does the global gloom get to you. You can stay in your own joy and happiness even when there's depressing news around. A cup of warm coffee with friends, singing to your favourite song, eating your favourite chocolate can take you to a bliss point. There's a slow movement around the wellness industry, where people are becoming collectors of their bliss moments -- it's called blissology. A blissologist does deliberate acts of happiness to find joy in daily life. Wellness guru Eoin Finn, who founded founded the term Blissology believes it is the science and art of happiness. The truth is -- Inner bliss doesn't come with a shelf life. Andy Baggott in his book, Blissology: The Art and Science of Happiness writes, how you become the master of your own life and destiny. Every human holds within to change sadness into joy, fear into trust, anxiety into hope. You have the power to choose a better mood for your self even in troubled times. Humourist and Youtube sensation Canada-based Tarlok Chugh agrees, (his YouTube channel has 63,500 subscribers, has 6 million views), "I look for bliss moments through my day by trying to make people laugh through my jokes...I believe there's no better time than now to be happy. We must seek the lighter side of life. Indulging in something that makes the entire body and mind vibrate with lightness. Telling jokes, making people laugh, I help people find that happy space. Life should be a series of joyful moments. Even in a lockdown, I try to make people see the humourous side of life." In a newly published paper, Harvard University’s Amit Goldenberg and Stanford University’s James Gross examine the phenomenon of “digital emotion contagion" -- defined as “the process by which the emotions of a perceiver become more similar to those of others as a result of exposure to these emotions”. If there's gloom messages you read on your phone, you will end up being depressed. It is imperative to keep your joy in the middle of a pandemic. Life has become so stressful and overwhelming. With corporate politics, constant pressure to perform, finding moments of bliss in every day life connects us back to our true nature of peace. Take few minutes to spend in stillness with yourself. Feel your breath. Observe your own thoughts and feelings. Notice small moments of joy whether it's savoring your tea, enjoying time in nature or playing with your child. Mindfulness and presence can help us become aware of our bliss point. The more mindful and present we are during any activity whether it's our work, or food or a conversation, the more we enjoy and feel satisfied. But remember, we can be in bliss in unhappiness also, because bliss lies in accepting situations as they are.