WHY THIS CONTRADICTION?

delicious than any other drink. I gulped down one glass after another until I had enjoyed six glasses of water. Even after the sixth glass, my appetite for water had not quenched, but I could not drink any more. Now my head started to ache. The pain was so severe that I had to return immediately to Srinagar. A Kashmiri businessman in Srinagar had arranged for my evening meal there. Many people were invited to the occasion. When I got there, I was in such severe pain that I could not partake in the meal, but went to another room and lay down. This is the case with all the pleasures of the world. Man earns wealth, gains power, marries according to his choice, builds a magnificent home for himself and hoards items of luxury. But when he has done all this he realizes that there is a barrier between him and all these pleasures. He cannot enjoy any of the pleasures he desires. All those things intended to please man fail to offer him lasting contentment and joy. The human desire for pleasure is infinite. But man possesses limited capacity to enjoy pleasure. This limitation of man acts as a barrier between him and the pleasures. Even after receiving everything, he continues to feel a kind of loss. The physical weakness of man, the end of adolescence, illness, old age, accidents and finally death are constantly neutralizing his wishes. Despite having all the articles of pleasure at his disposal, when man seeks to relish them, he finds that all his energy is exhausted even before his desire is fulfilled. He is like a spent force. Further study of this contradiction reveals that it is not, in fact, a contradiction, but, rather a consequence of the difference of order. The difference is that under the system of nature, it is destined for human beings to have only a preliminary introduction to their desired pleasures in this pre-death period. They are meant to truly and completely fulfill these delights only in the post-death period. This order or arrangement is not random. It is part of nature itself. It is found in the whole system of nature. Human beings can succeed in this world only if they follow the same principle. No success in this world is exempt from this principle. In agriculture, sowing is followed by the harvest. You can enjoy the fruits only after you have sowed them. Iron is first subjected to melting The human desire for pleasure is infinite. But man possesses limited capacity to enjoy pleasures. This limitation of man acts as a barrier between him and the pleasures.