The Alchemy of Bliss and the Christ Substance

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“The emotion of joy ventilates the cells of the body, drives out impurities and restores health and wholeness.”

Charles Fillmore, The Science of Being

Joy is more than a passing feeling -- it is a profound alchemy, a spiritual technology that ignites healing, expands consciousness, and aligns us with the very essence of divinity -- “...for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 (KJV).

Earlier this week I shared a YouTube short where George Harrison from the Beatles is talking about bliss and the transcendent state, I just love how relaxed and aware of the bliss, joy and knowledge available in the super conscious state he is. Click here to watch, or click on the image if you missed it.

The Chemistry (ALCHEMY) of Joy: Molecules of Light

Modern science affirms what ancient wisdom has always known: joy changes us at the cellular level.

Each emotion acts as a dynamo of the body, generating energy that either contracts or expands our life force. Joy is expansive, magnetic, and healing.

The joy molecules uplift the body and open portals of higher awareness:

Endorphins: Relieve pain, soothe trauma, and generate enthusiasm, zest for life and euphoric well-being.
Dopamine: Sparks motivation, optimism, and positive expectation.
Oxytocin: The molecule of love, promotes self acceptance, quiet confidence and unity consciousness as well as catalysing the alchemical wedding within -- activating pineal metabolism and higher perception.
Nitric Oxide: The bliss molecule, relaxes the body, awakens kundalini currents, and renews the spirit (literally clearing the way for new neural pathways and life affirming programmes).

Each burst of laughter, every moment of gratitude, and all the times we truly “play” release these chemicals of joy, transmuting heaviness into light.

Joy and the Christ Substance

The Christ Substance akin to pure consciousness, radiant and eternal, is seeded within every human soul. According to Charles Fillmore (and my own experiences), this substance is awakened, propelled, and magnetized through joy:

“Joy magnetizes me and attracts the Christ Substance.”
“Joy propels the Christ Substance within me!”

Remember those tingles you get when you let loose to your favourite song, or when someone praises you for a job well? That's the Christ Substance coming alive within you! Joy doesn’t just heal the body; it awakens the divine spark within. It clears the fog of confusion, tunes us to divine guidance, and restores the original harmony between body, mind, and spirit.

The Essene Gospel and the Path of Joy

The Essenes called Joy Yoga "Yihud im Simchah", meaning Union with Joy. It is the practice of consciously cultivating joy in body, mind, heart, and spirit, thereby awakening the Christ Substance within and this week our live yoga session is devoted to cultivating joy -- The Essene Way!

Joy is one of my favorite aspects of Essene Yoga. For years I dealt with extreme feelings of loss, sadness and depression, so I understand the incredible benefits of actively practicing Joy Yoga first hand. I think we all know how heavy, rushed, and serious life can get, so coming into this Holy practice is just the medicine we need to feel positively revived!

Join us this week for “Yoga with Joy” at 9pm GMT, an uplifting and transformative practice that connects you with life-giving power of joy to fuel your inner spirit.

Through postures, mantra (vocal manifestations), and breath work (pranayama), we’ll stoke our inner spirit of joy, love, and laughter -- energizing the heart chakra and illuminating our entire being.

That's 9pm GMT on my YouTube channel "Kelly-Marie Kerr"

🕘 Global Live Start Times:

🇬🇧 UK (GMT): 9:00 PM

🇺🇸 USA: 1:00 PM (PT) / 4:00 PM (ET)

🇦🇺 Australia (AEST): 6:00 AM (next day)

🇮🇳 India (IST): 1:30 AM (next day)

🇩🇪 Germany / 🇫🇷 France (CET): 10:00 PM

🇦🇪 UAE (GST): 1:00 AM (next day)

📅 Set a reminder. Bring water. Come with intention.

I look forward to sharing this sacred practice with you this Sunday, moving together with smiles of elevation and happiness!

The Essenes emphasized joy as a key to spiritual transformation. Their dynamic practical gospels tell us of the last word of the Nasarean woman, Simchah (angel of Joy), at the moment of her ascension: “PLAY!”

This single word was her final teaching on Joy Yoga. It was not frivolous -- rather, it was the essence of wisdom: play renews the heart, softens the mind, and restores childlike innocence.

In a world often burdened by violence and collective sorrow, it may feel difficult to remain joyful. And yet, as the Essenes taught:

“The key to experiencing Joy even amidst a violent world is to view everything within the scope of spiritual evolution.”
“There is no lasting joy without forgiveness of self and others.”
“The most joyful hearts are the most forgiving hearts.”

Through this lens, we see suffering as temporary, destined for healing in the great arc of universal salvation. With this vision, joy becomes not escape, but liberation.

Practices of Joy Yoga

1. Affirming Joy

Speak joy into being. Declare:“I joyfully accept the renewing, restorative, revitalising life of God!”

2. Contemplating Joy

Sit with a straight spine and breathe deeply. Contemplate the word “Play.” Ask yourself:

When is the last time I genuinely played?
Am I playing enough?
Am I doing the things that fill me with joy?
How can I play even more joyfully, kindly, and freely in daily life?

Making a list of all the things that make you smile will help you with this practice!

3. Cultivating Joy in the Four Bodies

The Essenes taught that joy must be nurtured in each layer of our being:

Physical Body (Estem) — move, dance, laugh, breathe.
Thinking Body — shift from worry to wonder, clear the mists of the mind, play with your affirmations and have fun smiling and making up your own! "I am free to be joyful," "I remember how joyful I was when..." "I choose to smile and let go."
Emotional Body — let joy ventilate and heal the feelings, let go of resentment (re-sensing stuff), the past no longer exists, take the lesson and move on in freedom!
Spiritual Body — allow joy to open the higher channels of bliss and divine communion (visualise the current of joy flowing up through you, you can even assign it a colour and texture, like pink bubbles or silver glitter)!

This is known as the Fourfold Joy Contemplation—a daily practice of aligning all aspects of being to the frequency of joy.

The Contagion of Joy

Joy is not solitary -- it radiates. It is contagious, epic, and wonderful. When we embody joy, we uplift not only ourselves but also the collective vibration.

Joy Yoga reminds us that every cell longs for joy, every heart is healed by joy, and every soul ascends through joy.

So let us return to the wisdom of Simchah’s final word: PLAY!

For in play we find freedom, in freedom we discover joy, and in joy we awaken the Christ Substance -- the pure light of God within.

In Light and Love always and in all ways,

🌀 Resources for the Awakening Soul and moving into divine health - body, mind, soul and Spirit: