“It is helpful to differentiate between happiness, joy and bliss:
First, happiness, which has its seat in the emotions, and is a personality reaction.
Second, joy, which is a quality of the soul and is realised in the mind, when alignment takes place.
Third, bliss, which is the nature of the Spirit and about which speculation is fruitless until the soul realises its oneness with the Father.”
~ Alice A. Bailey, 1880-1949, Theosophist and Author on Esoteric Spirituality