In the world we live in today's, people have been so distracted from a meaningful, purposeful or happy life. Because there's so much propaganda that success comes from the quantity of what you have, your money, your power, your fame, your knowledge in regard to intellectualization and in the pursuit of quantity people forget that there cannot be happiness in ourselves nor can we give happiness to others unless we have a quality life. Essentially, everyone is looking for pleasure. The Brahma Sutra tells ‘anandamayobyasa’ it's something every living being has in common, the insects, the birds, the beasts, every category of human beings is looking for pleasure. And part of this pursuit of pleasure is to avoid pain because pain disturbs pleasure.
