Answer
Actually, the happiness experienced in the spiritual world is completely incomparable to anything found in the material world.
All experiences in the material world, even those that appear pleasant or arise from a pious way of life, belong to the realm of material illusion. There is no real or lasting happiness, satisfaction, or pleasure in material existence because all such experiences are temporary and are produced by the interaction of the three modes of material nature (gunas).
These experiences arise for a short time, remain briefly, and then disappear. Therefore, they should never be considered a sample or reflection of spiritual happiness.
If we want to understand what spiritual happiness is like, we should hear about it from the scriptures and from pure devotees. The Srimad-Bhagavatam describes the transcendental bliss experienced by the Lord's devotees, and by hearing these descriptions and associating with pure devotees, we begin to gain an understanding of genuine spiritual happiness.
The Bhagavad-gita (6.20–23) also describes transcendental happiness. Krishna explains that this happiness is the highest pleasure, beyond all material enjoyment. It is experienced through transcendental senses, not through the material senses.
As long as our senses are materially conditioned, we cannot experience that spiritual bliss. But when our consciousness becomes fully purified through devotional service, our senses become spiritualized, and our experiences also become spiritual.
In Krishna consciousness there is no material pain or suffering. There is only transcendental happiness—an eternal, ever-increasing experience of bliss perceived through purified, spiritual senses.
Therefore, the pleasant memories and enjoyments of childhood, however innocent they may seem, should not be regarded as samples of the happiness of the spiritual world. True spiritual bliss is entirely beyond material experience and can only be realized through Krishna consciousness.
