|| Shri Hari ||
The Nature of 'Bhajan'
(Devotion and Worship)
continued.....
One needs to pay close attention to this, that only those things can give us pleasure, which we are lacking in, and which we like and want. The stronger the want of a particular thing or being, that much pleasure is encountered in meeting or getting that thing. Even though one does not have a thing, but if one does not experience a void (a lack) of that thing, i.e. there is no squirming for it, then even on attaining that thing, it cannot give pleasure. Therefore, to acquire money and other possessions, first it is extremely essential for one to feel a lack of money and possessions. This is the unhappy state that one experiences, prior to acquiring a thing. Second set of pain is when we do not get that money and the things as per our wishes. And even if we get it, if someone else gets more than us, then it brings about new suffering within. This is the third set of pain. And after getting it, the constant fear and threat of it being taken away from us, which is the cause of much worry. This is pain number four. And also after acquiring and deteriorating of that thing, one experiences a lot of suffering. The suffering that is experienced at that time, is pain number five.
Shri Patanjali has said -
परिणामतापसंस्कारदुःखैर्गुणवृत्
Parinaamataapasanskaaradukhair
Virodhaacch dukhameva sarvam vivekinah |
The following three types of sufferings are present in all -
1) Where the end outcome is pain,
2) The suffering due to heat, and
3) Suffering due to various life changing events.
For a person with ‘vivek’ (power of discrimination), everything (fruits of actions) is only a form of suffering, due to the above three types of suffering being present in all and there being conflict among the three modes of nature.
to be continued......
From book in Hindi "Jeevan ka Kartavya" by Swami Ramsukhdasji