SUKKHA - DUKKHA (સુખ - દુઃખ) AND ATTACHMENTS (આસક્તિ) ----- (2)

Human beings will keep on increasing attachments for all the things that can be enjoyed with their senses since they always have attachments of some kind at the subtle or the subtlest level. The result will always be dukkha (misery). As mentioned above attachment has a natural inner tendency to encourage and support the subtle desires. As a result human beings always spend their life time in satisfying one or the other desire, even without having its awareness. If we go little deeper and investigate, it is evident that our eyes, ears, skin, tongue etc, (our senses) and even the thing that we identify as "ourselves" in its totality enjoy the unfathomable sweetness and pleasure rising out of this attachment. This sweetness is produced by the senses and it is for their pleasure. So until we make an effort to change this habit of senses and make it selfless, the senses will continue to enjoy their selfish interests. Many human beings have no idea regarding their senses keeping interest in their own field and keep enjoying it. As one enters deeper in sadhana it is recognized that what was thought as  innocent activity so far, had its roots in the subtle attachments meaning it is from the tendency of senses to enjoy on its own terms. That is the reason we need to change the direction of this tendency with awareness. Failure to do so will result in the senses continuing to follow the pleasure on its own terms. This will result in our destruction just like the spider creating the web around the victim and sealing of the escape rout resulting in the destruction of the victim. Senses get such a tremendous pleasure in its own field that human being continues the activity in spite of having thoughts about misery behind such an action. We do have some understanding regarding bad or undesirable activities  and when the senses are attracted towards such activity, it supersede our objection and still carry out such undesirable activity. Gitaji (Holy Hindu Scripture) mentions that such pleasure is of Rajsic nature and the end result is always misery. It is important to make great efforts to cleanse our chitta (effects of our past thoughts and actions on the mind) to prevent such Sukkha and Dukkha.
                                                                                                                                                 

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Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Sandesh
Edition 3; pages 221 - 222.