(Perennial happiness lies within)
It is in
the nature of man to strive for happiness but all the happiness which he can
gain by his actions is only of limited duration. The enjoyments of
the senses are transient and the senses themselves are worn out by too much
enjoyment. Further, sin generally accompanies these enjoyments and makes men
unhappy beyond comparison.
Even if the pleasures of the world are enjoyed as much as their nature
permits, if they are as intense, as varied and as uninterrupted as possible old
age still approaches and with it, death.
And the enjoyments of heaven are in reality not more enviable than these
pleasures of the senses. They are of the same nature although more unmixed and
durable, and they come to an end for they are gained by actions. Actions are
finite and their effects must also be finite.
In one word, there is necessarily an end to all these enjoyments and
what avails us to strive for pleasure which we know cannot sustain us beyond
the moment of enjoyment? It is therefore the nature of the man to look out for
an unchangeable, infinite happiness (ananta sukha) which must come from a
'being' in which there is no change if such a being can be found. It is only
from him that man attains an unalterable happiness. And if this be so, this
'being' must become the sole object of all his aspirations and actions.
This 'being' is not very far he resides in your heart. He is the witness
consciousness (saksi caitanya) who witnesses the activities of your buddhi
(intellect). He is the nirguna Brahman of the Upanishads.
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