149 - Thoughtful, Self-aware & Not Artificial ("Kṛṣṇa, the Reservoir of Pleasure" 13-17)

Manīṣī means thoughtful. Unless one is thoughtful, he cannot understand that he is not this body. [..] Now, if I am not this body, then why should I act for this body? I should act for myself. Then, how can I work for myself? What is my position? I am consciousness. But what kind of consciousness? Subordinate consciousness—I am part of the supreme consciousness. Then, what will my activities be? [...] Modern scientists and philosophers do not think about these four things: birth, death, disease, and old age. They set them aside. “Oh, let us be happy. Let us enjoy this life.” But human life is meant for finding a solution to this bondage of birth, death, disease and old age. [...] We seek happiness by some extraneous, artificial means, but how long does it last? It will not endure. We again come back to sorrow. Suppose, by intoxication, we feel happy. That is not our actual happiness. Suppose I am made unconscious by chloroform, and I don’t feel the pain of an operation. That does not mean that I am not having an operation. This is artificial. Real pleasure, real life exists. ••• Get this book here: https://biglink.to/krsna_the_reservoir_of_pleasure