Realize the true nature of sensuous enjoyment
Happiness does not inhere in
the gratification of senses any more than ghee in water, oil in sands and water
in a mirage and coolness in fire. Hence whosoever expects happiness from the
gratification of senses is ever bound to meet the despair. Nevertheless,
falling a prey to infatuation and expecting happiness to lie in the
gratification of senses, man remains engaged in procuring and enjoying
luxurious and in consequence continues to burn with sorrows—afflictions in ever
new forms.
Craving for enjoyment robs a
man of his judgment. Hence unmindful of his bright or gloomy future he tries by
means whatsoever—be it altogether forbidden and destructive of all good
fortune—to secure his coveted enjoyments and in consequence gets embroiled
afresh in newer troubles and in order to avoid them embarks on newer
undertakings of an undesirable character. In this way the vicious circle of
misfortune, sinful deeds and suffering never comes to an end.
When a man with a craving
for sensuous enjoyment secures some coveted enjoyment, it does to enhance his
avidity all the more. Nay, elated with his success, he begins to insult all.
Avidity and pride both repeatedly drive him into vicious deeds and lead him to
degradation.
A man with a craving for
sensuous enjoyment ever remains worried. He feels troubled in mind not only
when his coveted enjoyment is not secured by him but his worry is enhanced all
the more when he secures it; for, even as his craving for enjoyment gets
satisfied the craving is further stimulated just as a fire blazes forth when
oblations of ghee are poured into it. Along with this his worry too is increased
with the result that his mental suffering gets intensified. Besides being
consumed by that fire of agony himself, he burns even those around him through
malice, ill-will, anger, animosity and violence, which grow and proper side by
side with desire.
The bigger a fire the
farther does its heat reach. Even so, the bigger one’s desire the more it burns
the man who cherishes it and those who come into contact with him. Nay, even
those who are in no way connected with it sometimes feel greatly tormented by
it. This fire of desire does not get quenched through gratification of the
senses. Stands in the shape of Dispassion and an unbroken steam of the
nectar-like love of God are the only means of quenching it. That dispassion
will appear only when luxuries will come to be realized as fraught with
suffering. Sensuous enjoyments are devoid of happiness, a store house of
suffering and a source of misery. But through delusion and error they are
considered to be a seat of happiness. And even as a man hard drunk with wine
professions are like the ravings of a shot. For ending this infatuation and
intoxication it is essential to realize the true nature of sensuous enjoyments,
which is possible only through the utterances of holy men by the grace of God.
On realizing the true nature of sensuous enjoyments one cannot help developing
aversion for them. Then alone will the mind feel drawn towards the truly
blissful God. Therefore try to secure the fellowship of holy men.
In the event of fellowship
of holy men not being available, another means of dispelling ignorance—which is
had sooner or later in the natural course—is an attack of terrible calamities.
According to the benign dispensation of God Nature itself accomplishes this.
This serves an eye opener to man, who then endeavours to take to God.
- Realize the true nature of sensuous enjoyment