This is the bane of human nature, the curse upon mankind, the root of all misery — this inequality. This is the source of all bondage, physical, mental and spiritual.
Meddle not with so-called social reform, for there cannot be any reform without spiritual reform first.
The difficulty is not that one body of men are naturally more intelligent than another, but whether this body of men, because they have the advantage of intelligence, should take away even physical enjoyment from those who do not possess that advantage. The fight is to destroy that privilege.
The universe itself can never be the limit of our satisfaction, That is why the miser gathers more and more money , that is why the robbers robs, the sinner sins, that is why you are learning philosophy. All have one purpose. There is no other purpose in life, save to reach this freedom. Conciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it.
We say that it is freedom that we are to seek, and that freedom is God. It is the same happiness as in everything else; but when man seeks it in something which is finite, he gets only a spark of it. The thief when he steals gets the same happiness as the man who finds it in God; but the thief gets only a little spark with a mass of misery. The real happiness is God. Love is God, freedom is God; and everything that is bondage is not God.
HAVE A GOOD LIFE!
Note: The above enlightening talk is given by Swami Vivekananda : )
Regards,
From: Vishal - a pure soul like You.
