There are two categories of Ananda (bliss) in the world: Sadhana-Janya Ananda (Acquired bliss) and Swatah-Siddha Ananda (Self-generating bliss). Acquired bliss is associated with sensory objects. It arises and vanishes from time to time. It does not endure. For instance, when hunger is appeased, there is happiness for the moment. But it ceases after a time. This applies to all objects in the world. This type of joy has been described as acquired or derived happiness. As it is got and lost by human effort, it is not true bliss. Man, however, seeks lasting Ananda. He is, in fact, filled with Ananda and is the embodiment of Ananda. Ananda constitutes his very nature and being. Why then does he not experience it? This is because, unaware of his true nature, he is obsessed with the external world and fails to experience the bliss within. He imagines that the source of joy lies in the phenomenal world. But, as in the case of butter that is present in every drop of milk, but which can be seen only after the milk is curdled and the buttermilk is churned, this inner bliss can be experienced only after the right effort is made. The mind is filled with various kinds of joy. It is only when the appropriate enquiry is made and one’s true nature is ascertained that the Divine Sat-Chit-Ananda inherent in one will be manifested. – Divine Discourse, Feb 12, 1989.