Night Mare is Over

Author(s): Gunratnasuri, Mokshratnavijay
Publisher: Adhyatma Shikshan Kendra

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which there seems no end at all. With hope comes desire. The spirit of life being revived, he desires for an upliftment in him and his surroundings. He wants more happiness and joy. The gloom of despair rolls away, as darkness vanishes at the mere sight of light.
Man is a social animal. Let alone himself, he desires that not a shadow of misery should befall his beloved ones, that they should remain always enjoying pleasure and happiness. Next to desire comes fear, "What if I don't get what I desire ? If I do get joy, will it stay constantly ?". Naturally he tries to obtain and then to preserve happiness which he so much desires. Little does he imagine that he is merely a puppet in the hands of the destiny with no power of his own to obtain or preserve happiness permanently or blot out misery from his life. If this fact was realised, man would indeed become happy; for the only power to bless one with happiness or take away one's misery is punya karma which is obtained by "Dharma" or religion. But in the lust for hapiness, man has forgotten the vital power which drives the delicate machinery of his very existence, and he indulges freely in the activities which are perverse and harmful to himself. Indeed the lust for happiness and the irresistant desire to drive out misery, has made the soul go round the cycle of infinite births.
He thinks he is doing his duty, or rather providing his near and dear ones with happiness. He exerts himself for their welfare, by planning for their future, say for his children or other dependents. He plans right from infancy to the youth, when he or she would become strong, and filled with joy with no cause even to dream of pain. But he may plan in the way he chooses he may think of the distant bright future, whether for himself or his dependents, he inadver
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