We lose our peace of mind from the day we are controlled by
our desires. And sadly this happens early in life and it continues till we die.
As we die with desires, we are reborn again and again.
Desires rob us of our peace of mind while living on earth
and it creates all sorts of troubles. But we do not realize it and we keep
running after desires. Net result is that we are constantly in turmoil. Hardly
did we get a desire fulfilled that another one has risen in the horizon.
To fulfill these desires we are forced to do lot of unwanted
actions. Every action creates karma. These karmas creating accumulating. Finally,
we end up in a maze created by desires and we do not know the exit. We do not
know how to solve the maze and is reborn again and again in it in different
forms – the cycle continues.
Desires harm our past, present and future.
One reason for desires overpowering and controlling us is
because we are always searching for joy in the outside world. We are ready to
take happiness from wherever we can get it easily.
Actually happiness is there both in spiritual life and
materialistic world. But we want the easiest happiness and therefore we choose
the materialistic world. The happiness from spiritual life does not affect our
senses. It is something hard to find. But once found it is permanent. Happiness
in the materialistic world is related to the senses and they have a short life.
But they are easily available.
There is no end to desires in the materialistic world. There
are innumerable things in the world that we want to possess. That our senses
want to enjoy.
To accomplish our desires we plan, brood, pray, work hard,
lie, trick, steal, borrow, think again and again, try different methods, pujas
for change of luck… We accomplish some but many remain unfulfilled.
As a result of this, health and relations suffer. Side
effects of unfulfilled desire include depression, various ailments especially
heart attack and high blood pressure.
We have created hell here on earth for us – thanks to our uncontrollable
desires.
Now we hope at least in next life we will have our desires
fulfilled. And we carry desires to our next life too. The vicious cycle
continues.
Lucky are those who just do their work – then go home contemplate
and sleep. They accept whatever God has given them. They do not ask for more.
They are happy wherever they are. Such people make heaven on earth.
Abhilash Rajendran
www.hindu-blog.com
Abhilash Rajendran
www.hindu-blog.com