Sree Krishna, the Lord of LovePremananda Bharati, Baba
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Sree Krishna, the Lord of Love
Premananda Bharati, Baba
Krishna (Hindu deity)
The question now arises, where is this true happiness to be found, if it
cannot be found in material objects? Some modern scientists call this
unbroken happiness a delusion and a snare of credulous humanity. Modern
science has done much, has done wonders in this Western world. None but
a fool will deny the glory of its brilliant achievements. But even among
those who admire the wonderful progress of modern science, if there be
one who fails to find anything in these products of science which is in
any way likely to contribute towards the attainment of contentment by
the human mind, that person need not necessarily be a fool. Modern
science has excited our wonder, but has failed to make us either
contented or happy—contentment and happiness, which are our eternal
quest, the one object of our life, the one goal to which all creation is
running in a blindfolded race. It should rather be claimed for modern
science that it has made its followers outward-looking. It has produced
conveniences and comforts of life, which have made all people hanker for
them; and many, failing to secure them, make themselves discontented and
unhappy. Modern science, in a word, has served only to put obstacles in
the way of our attempt to realize that one object of our
existence—contentment, which affords true happiness.
This leads me to repeat what I have just said, that no true or
all-satisfying permanent happiness can be found in material objects, and
hence the failure of material scientists to make humanity either
contented or happy.
Where is, then, this happiness to be found?
The answer is: Within ourselves. It cannot be found in anything outside
of ourselves. This continual stream of happiness is flowing at all times
from our heart of hearts all through our body, but we cannot perceive
it, or feel it, because our mind has been covered by the clouds formed
out of our hankerings for material objects. Our desire for material
pleasures is the only veil that shrouds this fountain of true happiness
from our mental vision.
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