Everything is filled with sorrow
Parinama Taapa Samskara Duhkhe Guna Vritti Virodhaccha Dukhameva Sarva Vivekinaha
Pain comes to us in three ways. The first is by change. We settle down in a seemingly good relationship. A marriage happens. Suddenly after marriage, all those expressions of love are gone/ The words that the man speaks to the woman turns spiteful. The hands that caressed suddenly doesn't hesitate to slap, beat or even maul. How come? The woman may wonder. Yesterday it was so dreamlike and rosy. Today it is so ugly. That is the pain of change.
The second pain comes from sorrow inflicted upon us. There is sorrow when we don't get the toy or dress we want as a child. As a youth, we want to marry this girl or boy. It does not happen. Sorrow again. At work, we aim for a promotion but it never is there in the boss's mind. Sorrow. Neighbour buys something we can;t afford. Sorrow. The cause for pain and sorrow is endless.
The third is due to the impressions in our subtle mind. We go through some experience that gives us happiness. It creates a deep impact in our psyche. We crave for it. It may not repeat itself. There is sorrow.
Our mind too which is a constant play of three qualities of tranquility. dynamism and inertia is giving us something is givine us something when we want something else. I want to stay fit, trim and slim. The mind wants to indulge and relax. There is a conflict of interest which leadsa to sorrow. This way, the wise one understands that there is sorrow in both pleasure and pain. - Swahilya Shambhavi.
