Bondage

"Bondage is when the mind is tangled in one of the senses, and liberation is when the mind is not tangled in any of the senses."

~ Ashtavakra Gita.

Mind is always engaged in the pursuit of pleasures of senses- be it the pleasure of greater knowledge, greater power, physical satisfaction, a new experience or any thing this clever, cunning mind can envision.

We may ask what is wrong in it? For the very simple reason that pleasure bring pain, frustration, sorrow and fear, howsoever we avoid them. Pain is the shadow of pleasure. Because when we are denied a pleasure which we desire and seek earnestly, we become anxious, envious, fearful and hateful. A inner- conflict arises, and that is the cause of our bondage.