We see that all human beings are involved in different
types of pursuits in their lives. Right from childhood we see that
the child works for getting something, initially it may be food,
later it may be toy, still later it may be some gadget or something
and afterwards it goes for house or various other objects. Even
though all the people seem to pursue we do not find the pursuits
to be uniform .
Different people seem to pursue different things...there
are as many pursuits as many human beings themselves. Even though
these pursuits are seemingly different, on analysis, we find in
all the pursuits there is something common which everyone uniformly
desires. That one thing we can put as Sukha Prapthih, he wants happiness,
joy or comfort in his life.
Even though outwardly the things are different
in and through different pursuits everyone uniformly desires one
thing only - peace, comfort, joy in life. Therefore we can say that
all the people, all beings, are all working for Sukha Prapthih. But
on further analysis , we find that it is not merely Sukha Prapthih,
I also want Dukha Nivrithih, freedom from pain, freedom from
sorrow also I am interested in. Therefore, we can generally define
every pursuit either as getting something or getting rid of something.
Putting in simple language, I am working for Dukham
free Sukham, I am working for painless pleasure. All beings are
working for Pure Happiness. Happiness unmixed with pain. If you
analyse further, I not only want pure Sukham...but also I want continuous,
long lasting, till I breathe my last, I want Sukham, therefore,
we can say Nithyam Sukham
I want Sukham I want Sukham which is not mixed with Dukham I want Sukham which is long-lasting and lastly.. I want maximum Sukham, where I can no more go further, infinite..
Do we succeed in this step? Does anyone at the
time of death say,Everything is fine?...We seem to continue to be
miserable, wanting or lacking, some people recognise this problem...but
majority of people are sheepish, they continue the struggle, and
die struggling not even recognising that there is something wrong
in their very diagnosis of the problem...
Scriptures try to discuss this fundamental problem
of the human being. Only if I discover the Ananda (happiness), as
my own true nature , then alone I can hope to be happy permanently.
As long as I want it from outside, I cannot get it
Atma Vidya(Self knowledge), alone is the solution
to all our problems according to scriptures.
