Material progress alone will not give real happiness or even peace.

The happiness, a person enjoys in a tasty dish or witnessing a charming person can be attributed to the soul within the body. If this soul goes away from a person others will hesitate even to utter his name. They will categorize it as dead and will be anxious to get rid of it at the earlier hour.

The man who has loved his wife so much and was deeply attached to her, will not want to sit near her, once the live element soul  departed her. This does not prove that taste nor look, touch, sound nor smell will give pleasure but only the soul inside the human frame. To realize this soul is the purpose, of this birth.        

Among the creation of God, the human being is conferred with several privileges. The plants and animals grow, eat multiply but they do not have the faculty of discrimination. They cannot convey their feeling by the word of mouth and cannot distinguish the closely distinguish the closely connected members of their own breed or between good and bad. They cannot send appeals to their parents by calling them nor can they offer worship or read scriptures or listen to holy lectures.

Should man also behave like them when they can use their speaking capacity to praise God’s glory, witness the dazzling forms of God in Temples, undertakes service to humanity, and spend time on useful pursuits? Men are not borne merely to chase illusory pleasures, earn money, live in comforts and pass of peacefully, only to take further births. They have a purpose and their concern should be to get it fulfilled. They should take steps to go nearer to God, using the divine gifts. 

Now it is common experience that nothing in this world can be accomplished or attained without hard work and dedication. Desires, for worldly possessions are not prohibited. Every human being takes steps, rightly too, to register his or her progress, in life. A man owning a cycle may hope to obtain a two wheeler and later, an automobile. One residing in a rented house may aspire to acquire a cottage its own. A woman may like her synthetic diamonds to be replaced by genuine gems.

आज पुरुषार्थ का 90 प्रतिशत भाग् धन कमाने में लग गया है । सारे प्रयास धन के पीछे हैं । आदमी को धनवान भी होना है और भगवान् से भी मिलना है । दोनों की चाहत समानान्तर चलती है । पैसा और परमात्मा एक साथ मिलें इस मणिकांचन योग के लिए कई लोगों ने अपनी पूरी जिन्दगी दाँव पर लगा दी । शास्त्र कहते हैं न्याय और नीति लक्ष्मी के खिलौने हैं । वह जैसा चाहती है वैसा नचाती है । वेदव्यास में लक्ष्मी के सात साधन बताये हैं ।

1 धैर्य धारण करना ।

2 क्रोध न करना ।

3 इन्द्रियों को वश में रखना ।

4 पवित्रता ।

5 दया ।

6 सरल वचन । और

7 मित्रों से द्वेष न रखना ।

कोई भी धर्म यह नहीं कहता कि धन ना कमाया जाए । भगवान् को हमारी निर्धनता से अधिक हमारी वैराग्य वृति प्रिय है । बड़े से बड़ा धनवान वैरागी हो सकता है और गरीब से गरीब के भीतर भी इस वृति का  अभाव हो सकता है । अतः धन कमाना बुरा नहीं है] आप किस तरह से कमा रहे हैं और धन अर्जन के कृत को किस प्रकार पूरा कर रहे हैं] यह महत्वपूर्ण है । परिणाम उसी में छुपा है । धन दुःख नहीं देता और ना ही सुख बरसाता है । उसके तरीके का सारा खेल है जैन धर्म में महावीर स्वामी ने एक सूत्र में कहा है, कर्म कर्ता का ही अनुगमन करते हैं । जो व्यक्ति जिस तरह से धन कमा रहा है] परिणाम उसे ही भुगतना है । उस धन से जो दूसरे  लाभ ले रहे हैं उन्हें उसका परिणाम वैसा नहीं भुगतना होगा । भगवान् महावीर का सूत्र है । जाती, मित्र और संताने इस दुःख का विभाजन नहीं कर सकते । ऐसा दुःख अकेले ही भुगतना पड़ता है । इसलिए नीति से कमायें और रीति से खर्च करें ।

Even learned persons get themselves deeply attached to worldly pleasure and regret that they are not able to conquer the foes with in. At the same time what scripture and God’s messengers tell us is about the need to pay equal, if not greater attention to “Spiritual Development” Man should aim at getting rid of his re-births. Which naturally requires gradual as well as graded procedure.

Unfortunately, some believe in merely accumulating worldly objects not realizing that they will be left behind at the end of a limited existence. That civilization alone is real which enables its votaries to realize God. The want of our souls can never be satisfied by anything short of knowing the absolute Reality and Truth.

Scriptural Text repeatedly caution, us that wealth amassed by unfair means will lead us to eternal trouble making us face unending problems. It is often asked whether there is proof for the presence of God and whether, He can be seen. The answer is firm YES but with certain conditions. The essential requirement is a pure mind uncorrupted by base thoughts. Unfortunately, modern men are affiliated by thought pollution and their mind is swayed by various temptations.