Why do mortals then become attached to worldly pleasures in the first place?
It is the illusion that allures one to enjoy the mundane objects in a futile effort of satisfying the unceasing demands of his senses within the world in which he exists. One is unaware of the fact that the world in which he exists is a dualistic illusion created out of the Soul or consciousness.
A person within the dualistic illusion becomes intoxicated with lust, greed, anger, attachment, egocentric intellectual knowledge, enviousness, stubborn mindedness, and their numerous variations within the illusion.
Consequently, he gets caught in believing the illusory cycle of birth, old age, disease, and death as a reality within the dualistic illusion. This is an illusion, by which the consciousness is forgotten; emotional attachment and love for the dualistic world are born.
Ignorance of the true Self is the cause of the world in which we exist. The world in which we exist is the dualistic illusion. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing unreality as reality. Because of these pluralistic phenomena of illusory -vision, material happiness appears to be followed by sorrow. If there is laughter, there is a cry; if there is a birth, there is a death; if there is a rich, there is a poor; so on and so forth.
Everything in the waking or dream experience is in a state of constant flux; there can be found no everlasting happiness. The ego is the lord of the dualistic illusion.
Everyone wishes for happiness, pleasures, joy, peace, etc. and none asks for suffering, misery, etc. But in the wake of pleasure, there comes suffering. Pleasure and pain co-exist within the dualistic illusion. People do not understand this. Therefore, there is necessary to realize the fact that the mind, which appears as waking or dream is merely an illusion.
It is the attachment to the form of separate objects which keeps one from apprehending their unity, not the seeing of them. One has to think of the form, time, and space and their essence, by practice he must get to the stage where he can think of both simultaneously. This is done by knowing that the form, time, and space are made of a single clay. And that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. This requires sharp intelligence and constant repetition of practices of seeing the form, time, and space and their essence at the same time.
Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ leads to realizing there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Whatever exists as the form, time and space is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
