Passage 4

In English

There should be limits to every desire

What is the reason for the vicissitudes in a man's life? The cause is to be found in man's desires. Doubtless, desires are inescapable. One man, for instance, seeks to achieve some ideals. Another may seek to do well in his studies and secure a good job. Yet another may desire to acquire a good name and bring up a good family. There is nothing wrong in such desires. But what we are witnessing in the is the limitless growth of desires. As a consequences, man falls into bad ways. There should be limits to every desire. There should be a limit even to the pursuit of power and position. It has been well said: "" (there can be nothing great without restraints). Without such restraint man is bound to go astray: The declare that wherever the mind wanders, there the three worlds will be perceived. What are these three worlds? All are familiar with the pronouncements in the and in the . The three worlds are: , , (the , and ). These three are present in man: , and . These were worshipped as three Goddesses - , and - by our ancients. Every form is that of - the deity that is associated with (Energy). There is infinite power within man, power that is beyond Comprehension and which is Divine. But he makes no effort to recognise it. If man did not have this power, how could he have gone to the moon? What is the power that makes the earth revolve round itself. It is not any machine or . The power is within the earth itself. This energy, present in man and in other objects, has been characterised as Cosmic energy. What is this Cosmic power? The sun derives its energy and effulgence from this Cosmic source. It is the same Cosmic source that accounts for the power of the human mind and the marvellous power of the eye to see the most distant stars.