|| Shree Hari ||
(Manushya Jeevan ka Uddeshya)
There is one main point and
it is worth paying attention to, that this human body has been received only
for attaining our salvation (Kalyaan).
Earning money and enjoying pleasures – is not the purpose of this human
body at all. Enjoyment of sense
pleasures takes place in all the various different forms of birth. From the
demi-gods (devatas) to those creatures lying in hell, they all
get sense
pleasures. The pleasures gained by the
senses, is also obtained in heaven and in hell. In hell, where there
is severe torture, where one is thrown in boiling oil, where the body
is cut into many pieces, then
too the creatures living in hell, do not die.
When they are pulled out of the boiling oil, at that time they
experience a certain relief, a comfort.
When the body is torn to pieces then one suffers, but on getting the
body, one experience a certain pleasure.
In this manner, one can get all the sense pleasures even in hell; dog,
donkey, pig etc. also get pleasure. But
human body is not for sense enjoyment, not for rest and relaxation at
all. This human body is also not for experiencing
suffering and sorrow. The majority of
pleasure lies in heaven, and majority of suffering lies in hell. In
human body both pleasure and pain
come, But the human body has been received to rise above both pleasure
and pain, and to attain one's salvation.
There
is one extra-ordinary point. The number
of gratifying things that a human being receives, it is received only for doing
something beneficial (hit) to others. Also
the gratifying things that one gets, are only for removing the sense of pleasure
from them. One must think deeply about
these two points. What
is worldly
pleasure? The things that we
desire, if we acquire them then we get
pleasure from it. Just as if we long for
money, then on getting money we are
pleased. If we are desperately hungry,
then on getting food we are gratified. And
if we are terribly thirsty, then on getting water, we feel delighted as
our
thirst is quenched. In this way, on the
fulfillment of a desire there is a pleasant feeling. The pleasure is
dependent on desire. If there is no intense hunger, then even if
you get the best of foods, then too, you will not be gratified. If
there is no greed in the mind, then even
on getting a lot of money, you will not become delighted. The point is
that - Only a man who is unhappy due to not having a
thing, becomes happy on getting that thing. All the unions that are there in this world, in
them at first there was pain, then only one can get pleasure from the
union. If there is no pain, then worldly
objects will not give pleasure. Thus the
reason for that pleasure is pain,
and after that pleasure also there will surely be pain. Just as on
getting wealth one becomes happy,
and when the wealth goes away, then one becomes unhappy. On getting
favorable things, one becomes
pleased, and when it goes away, then on becomes displeased. When
pleasure comes then one feels good, and
when it goes away, then one feels bad.
Similarly when pain comes then one feels bad, and when it goes away,
then one feels good. Feeling good and feeling bad is in both. On
one side, one enjoys pleasures and another side one suffers pain, but if
one
weighs both, then there is no difference in the two! (to be continued)
From book in hindi "Vaastavik Sukh" by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
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