Feelings
are the foundation of human life. Throughout life, man endeavours to raise an edifice on
this foundation. Hence it is hard if not impossible, to come across a person without
feelings. Life is actually a Yajna (a sacred sacrifice), without aim. Man, however, takes
material affluence as the goal of life. That is why he has to face hardships and tensions, and knows no peace.
Worldly
amenities are not available without money. For earning money, therefore, man does not
hesitate to adopt unfair means. Admittedly,
it is not possible for have-nots to get rid of the craving for money. A thing not in our
possession is supposed to give no solace. A rich person can realize any time the reality
of riches. For the reality of any object can be gauged only by its existence and
possession. Without availability of amenities it is difficult to know the limit up to
which they are meaningful or irrelevant. Without possessing money, it is not easy to
realize what money cannot procure, nor that the money collected by us is a worthless load.
The intoxication of wealth can be dissipated only by its abundance.
Actually,
man is never contented with a particular situation, as his life revolves around the focus
of longings, which are indeed boundless. One craving leads to another — this endless
chain goes on. Consequently, this delusion perpetuates his restlessness and distress. He
consoles himself by the false hope that life is a constant struggle. Even after collecting
a lot of outer resources, he realizes his inner emptiness.
After
going through the agonies and bitter experiences of life, if someone sorely feels his
emptiness within, he concludes that his splendid facade has nothing to do with his
tranquility. The serenity sought by man, in fact, is already at his disposal, eternally.
He vainly seeks it in a mirror.
The image in a mirror is never real and true. Truth is omnipresent and
eternal which he vainly seeks in the future. It is an inner attribute, but he searches it
outside. Deep consciousness of his inner emptiness transforms man’s life and imparts
him steadiness. All the afflictions of life and the world become the avenues of his
emancipation. Hell turns into heaven. All his cravings and ambitions becomes meaningless.
The deep perception of one’s inner emptiness then is the only route to redemption.
When such a perception becomes intense and reaches its summit, the seeker himself is
transmuted into search. Thus, on the foundation of feeling is erected a lovely edifice
automatically.