Service through the power of thought is essentially work with radiation. This is the core principle of our work together in the creation and maintenance of triangles of light and goodwill. The mind, in reflecting on goodness, beauty or truth, for example, takes on something of the energetic potency, something of the quality, of the divine principle as it exists in the Higher Worlds. In the process, our thinking radiates a frequency of this quality into the mental environment. In our work with Triangles we amplify this natural process by linking with the minds of two others to form a three-pointed field, and then weaving our small intimate triangle into the field created by the global web of the hundreds of thousands of other small, intimate triangles.

With this in mind there is great value in our pondering upon Joy. Thinking about this can lead us to think joyfully – with joy and in joy. To the extent that we do this we radiate a joyous healing quality through the net of living triangles and out into the collective field of mind and heart. In a cynical age, what more important work can there be: the re-enchantment of consciousness depends upon a massive awakening to joy.

The joy we speak of is not what Kahlil Gibran had in mind when he wrote that joy and sorrow are inseparable. Happiness is best seen as the inseparable emotional opposite of sorrow and sadness. Joy is of another order. It speaks of the soul, though deep happiness may well be one of its emotional reflections or manifestations. Beyond joy we may even, at rare moments, sense the still higher state of pure spirit: Bliss.

Bring to mind the image of a small bird whose bright, rich song inspires and uplifts with a gentle delight. Consider how that quality of delight aligns us with the heavenly realm of our soul. Both the sound of the bird and the image of easy, rapid, free movement as the bird flits from branch to branch and tree to tree suggest freedom, purity and simplicity.

Imagine the sublime Bird of Joy winging its way from the higher worlds to nestle in your mind and heart; to make its nest there in such a way that your experience of life is forever flavoured by its presence. Unshakeable, golden, radiant joy brings with it the surety and strength of the Higher Worlds, which lie within us. Fear is dissolved because the joy does not depend on the pains and pleasures of life. When the Bird flies into our awareness we know that life is fundamentally good.