5 September 2014 - QA 4

Gurudev, I have been your devotee for the past 15 years, and life has become so wonderful. But many times this question comes to my mind, that what will I get by doing Sadhana, Seva, Satsang, Siddhi (extraordinary abilities) and Moksha (liberation)? What will come next?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

See, just remember this simple formula. Those who do not run feverishly behind joy and comforts attain Moksha. And those who do not hanker even for Moksha too, attain Divine Love and devotion. Once you have love, then you have truly acquired everything else. Nothing remains to be attained after that. After that all you have to do is share and spread this love, and this joy.

What is it that you want? There is no end to your wants and desires. There is no end to the desire for being wealthy. You become rich and buy two cars, then after sometime you want to have four cars, and then also have four bungalows. You want your business to spread more and more. Is there any end to this? A person running behind wealth goes on working towards acquiring more and more wealth, and then ultimately tires himself and dies. After his death, his children fight over his wealth. This is not an intelligent thing to do. You should expand your business and do well, but life becomes meaningless when that becomes your only goal in life.