Pleasure: watching the mercurial orb gurgle to and fro inside the glass of an old-time thermometer, the gift of orgasm from an-in-love-with lover, the runner’s high
Delight: the last piece of the 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle, the unexpected twenty dollar bill in your jeans pocket, the lightbulb moment when it all makes sense
Happiness: skipping down the path just because; lightness in your step, in the being
Joy: turning from busy-ness to spy your infant’s gaze following your every movement
Cheerfulness: the unforced mental smile naturally unfolding at the thought of another day as another opportunity to get something right
Sensual pleasure: the house-filled aroma of garlicky tomato sauce simmering; the sweet, milky scent of an infant’s head; your mother’s finger tips lightly caressing your face
16th MuhUrta: the last sliver of sun that paints the sky magenta
End of the drama: resolution after the struggle, war, riot, tussle, tragedy–triumph in acceptance
Enjoyment: a book to live in for a while; the first bite of deep, dark, smoky chocolate; poetry’s silent spell
Thing wished for: Satisfactory endings to poor beginnings, if not understanding then acceptance
Beatitude: Break-through acts of kindness, a helping hand when all hope is lost, a miracle, nature’s whisper
Kind of flute: hollow, wooden, champagne, salve to the ears and mind
Sensual joy: Late Friday afternoon nap, unclothed and entwined
One of the three attributes of Atman or brahman in the vedAnta philosophy: the oneness at the tip of the final exhale concluding meditation.
Name of the forty-eighth year of the cycle of Jupiter: the comfort of order, prediction and patterns; the recognition of the unknowable vastness of that which we are particulate matter and the burden that relieves
Pure happiness: Seeing the fruits of your efforts to help others thrive or blossom, the awe of creating another human being through unimaginable struggle
Kind of house: All shelters that provide the safety and security that you imagined as a child gleefully building blanket forts in the living room.
Note: Classifications of Ananda are in the Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit; definitions are in the mind of the Gaze.
In the gaze of the other 
