Why Life Is Beautiful

VAMAN MAHARAJ





Life is beautiful. Think of Lake Retba in Senegal which turns red, the spotted lake in Canada, rainbow eucalyptus, glowing waves and so on. And then we have sweet coconut water on the salty seashore, mightily heavy planets hanging in vacuum, hot water springs surrounded by snow-clad Himalayas at Sri Badrinath... the list of wonderful, amazing creations is infinite. We, humans, too are His wonderful creation.We are so powerful that we can create, destroy , and re-create.We can explore mountains, devise ways to swim in water, fly in the air, see and hear what is going on miles away .All humans are bestowed with a conscience that helps us discriminate between good and bad, eternal and noneternal. Although all living species are involved in sleeping, mating, defending and eating, only humans ­ as far as we know -can think and decide what is eternally beneficial to them. Based on this special quality a human can decide whether he wants to tread the path of eternal welfare or sensual enjoyment. There are two paths one can choose from: path of eternal welfare or path of sensuous enjoyment.
The ultimate consequence of following the path of eternal welfare will be ambrosia or nectar. On the other hand, the end result of following the path of enjoyment could be disastrous. When a conditioned soul becomes averse to Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna, he comes in contact with the illusory energy and thinks all material enjoyments are his only requirement.