Fulfilling desires will never lead to
Poornatvam.
We want to
be happy in life. To be happy we feel that we fulfill all our worldly desires
such as completing school, Getting admission in good college, getting a job,
amassing wealth, getting married, begetting children, seeing the world, getting
admission to children in good school, cycle continues, it will never end.
Growth of desire is exponential, it will never subside. So thinking that
fulfilling all our worldly desires will render us complete is a wrong concept.
You will remain only finite; never become infinite which is a state of complete
Ananda, total bliss.
Not only
your desires grow at a pace beyond control, it has six byproducts, viz, Kama,
Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Madha& Matsarya, which will delude your mind so that
all your decisions will be wrong one.
The
onslaught of desire is well explained in the following verse from Vairagya
Satakam, written by the great Hindu philosopher Bhatrihari containing 100
verses:
The desire of people is like a river which is flowing
continuously. It is like fancy, very silent at the initial stage. At times they
are like turbulent rivers with waves of craving. Desires are grasped &
become an attachment. Like birds flying over the river on & off, doubts
come in the mind whether I can do it or not. Desires bring along diffidence
along with that after years of failure, leading to fatalistic attitude. Desires
bring in whirl pool of delusion. More desires mean more delusion, discriminating power is clouded. When the desire is very deep, it is not possible to cross the
river of desire. There are two high banks of the river of desire, such as worry
& pain. Viragis, who have Vairagyam with pure mind revel in that state
& cross the river of desires.
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