the words of swamiji

[Guest guest]

"The senses drag the human soul out.Man is seeking for pleasure and for

happiness where it can never be found.For countless ages we are all taught

that this is futile and vain,there is no happiness here.But we cannot

learn;it is impossible for us to do so,except through our own experiences.We

try them ,and a blow comes.Do we learn then?Not even then.Like moths hurling

themselves against the flame,we are hurling ourselves again and again into

sense-pleasures,hoping to find satisfaction there.We return again and again

with freshened energy;thus we go on,till crippled and cheated we die.And

this is Maya."