Rasa in the sadhaka deha and the siddha deha.
Dr. Jayalakshmi Alankar shared this video, wherein the good doctor Lustig explains scientifically the difference between pleasure and happiness, dopamine and serotonin.. Her summary: "Pleasure is SATISFACTION derived from things and persons OUTSIDE US. Happiness is SATISFACTION derived from the CORE OF DEEPEST BEING INSIDE US." - so simple to understand :) I think prema-sukha is happiness AND pleasure. It is pleasure experienced as waves in the ocean of happiness. This thought was provoked by the sheer impossibility of tasting ALL of the rasa that is present in so many writings of so many rasika mahatmas of so many sampradayas, and knowing that I have to stick to ONE to get it. That I have to concentrate on ONE toenail or whatever, one sentence of one book. That is when the rasa hits. Not otherwise. The key to the door goes through one keyhole. And yet, the thirst -- the thirst of one with cholera -- to drink it all, even in the frustration of kn...