119 - I Want Freedom ("Raja Vidya: The King of Knowledge" pages 78-81)

"We may be in a miserable condition, but we accept it thinking that we  are very happy. This is called ignorance. But when one is awakened to  knowledge, he thinks, "Oh, I am not happy. I want freedom, but there is  no freedom. I don't want to die, but there is death. I don't want to  grow old, but there is old age. I don't want diseases, but there are  diseases." These are the major problems of human existence, but we  ignore them and concentrate on solving very minor problems. We consider  economic development to be the most important thing, forgetting how long  we shall live here in this material world. Economic development or no  economic development, at the end of sixty or a hundred years our life  will be finished. Even if we accumulate a million dollars, we must leave  it all behind when we leave this body. We need to come to understand  that in the material world whatever we are doing is being defeated by  the influence of material nature. We want freedom, and we want to travel all over the world and all over the universe. Indeed, that is our right as spirit soul." | Link to get  your own copy or  read: www.biglink.to/rajavidya | Find us on social  media:  Facebook  "Sravanam Diaries" | Instagram & Tumblr  @sravanamdiaries | Email:   [email protected]