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In another way you can say that there can be a full-stop to needs, but there is always a comma after desires. The hunger pangs of the stomach can be satiated but the desires of the mind cannot be fulfilled.
The deep hole of the mind is different from all the deep holes in the world. The holes in the world can be filled with sand, but the hole in the mind is such that it never gets filled by putting sand; the more you put the more deep it becomes.
Today on the world panorama, one scene is visible everywhere - people making endless attempts to fill the hole of the mind and people burying their happiness while doing so. Those who want to understand the significance of happiness must first understand the significance of contentment. Someone has made a very poignant observation :
"To sow the jeweled pillar of happiness in the foyer of life, we have to first dig a hole. The sand, mud and stones that are excavated when you dig a hole represents the discontentment that prevails in our soul.
We can understand the need to satisfy the necessities of life. As man moves ahead in life, he needs comforts. Then he begins to indulge in extravagance. As he moves further he gets entwined in showing off. The importance that is given to showing off in today's life was perhaps never so much rampant earlier.
Sumanbhai came from his native village to Mumbai for the first time. He was staying with his son Shishir, who had one son named Montu. He was only four years old but was very smart.
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