Yagyawalky described
happiness of soul but we seek happiness of senses. The happiness is
always of infinite magnitude and it is everlasting. The two important
adjectives, which are frequently used to describe this happiness, are
Infinite and Eternal. We are after the happiness which is infinite
and eternal. The major hurdle is the query, “Well, it might be
true that there exists such kind of happiness, but my argument is, I
do experience happiness through senses. There is pleasure in material
persons and objects and it is very hard to take away mind from these
pleasures, for materialistic pleasures are easily accessible.”
1. Is there any object which is liked by all
without any exception and with equal degree of excitement in it?
It’ll be impossible to find such object because everyone of us
has different taste. Some love sweets, some do not. Some enjoy wine,
some find it nauseating. Some are fond of music, some find it
cacophonous. Some love reading, some dancing, some singing. Some
like sports other like movies. Some like cricket, some foot ball,
some base ball, some basket ball. The list is very long.
We must, therefore, realize that happiness is not
there in the object, but it has origin in our own concept. It is
evident from the fact that despite the object is same, it has
different appeal to different persons for simple reason that every
mind perceives the object with its own evaluation. As this evaluation
varies from person to person, the same object fetches varied amount
of joy to different individuals. To some the same object may not be
enjoyable at all. Not only that, few of remaining may have strong
dislike for the same object. Thus, the worldly pleasures are
conceptual or psychological in origin. Worldly happiness is
conceptual happiness. Your own concept about any object brings in
happiness to you and it is your stupidity that you think the object
has capacity to make you happy and therefore, you must be after that
object. Thus, you get completely distracted.