Summary
It is correct for man to always aspire to his continuing welfare. He is also making efforts for that. However, because whatever happens is not to his liking, he suffers mentally.
Most people nowadays call this depression, anxiety, hyper-tension and so on. If we just analyse it, we can realise that there is no cause for such sorrow. This world, kriyas (activities) related to that, their results--nothing is lasting. Joy or sorrow comes and goes, but is not permanent. Birth, death, production, destruction, suffering and loss, all are only fleeting.
In this context, God alone is eternal. We can have permanent peace only by surrendering to him. This conviction must always be there. This certainty alone is the panacea for many ills.
No sorrow will taint such a man of discrimination. That mature person, with ardent devotion to God, knowing that nothing other than God is real, views this world only as a magical illusion. Realising the shortcomings in it, he does not care a jot for joy or sorrow. He just laughs it away.
Affected by neither sorrow nor happiness, the self-confidence of a person matured in devotion to God will get strengthened by inquiry into Truth. Steeped in God, let all understand this well, engage in Self-inquiry and lead a purposeful life.
