# Meditation as joy oppurtunity

**URL:** <https://club.fitmind.org/t/meditation-as-joy-oppurtunity/131>\
**Category:** Meditation\
**Created:** [May 3, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://club.fitmind.org/t/meditation-as-joy-oppurtunity/131 "2026-05-03T13:27:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tahera](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/club.fitmind.org/tahera/32/74_2.png) [@Tahera](https://club.fitmind.org/u/Tahera)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://club.fitmind.org/t/meditation-as-joy-oppurtunity/131/1 "2026-05-03T13:27:06Z")

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Eric Maisel has this concept of meaning oppurtunity , doing things that has a possibility to give one the feeling of meaning . I ask myself doing what gives me joy . Not pleasure or calm but purely joy . Meditation is that one thing .

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**Author:** ![TomBrach](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/club.fitmind.org/tombrach/32/21_2.png) [@TomBrach](https://club.fitmind.org/u/TomBrach)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://club.fitmind.org/t/meditation-as-joy-oppurtunity/131/2 "2026-05-07T18:42:12Z")

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Hi Tahera, welcome. I like that distinction between joy and pleasure. They really do feel different.

A lot of pleasurable things leave me more restless afterward. The forms of joy that seem to last a bit longer usually involve being fully absorbed in something, hiking, working with my hands, good conversations, sometimes meditation.

I also like the phrase “meaning opportunity.” You don’t have to force meaning out of every moment, just put yourself in places where it has a chance to appear.