All run after the pleasant alone and not after the good, because the pleasant is connected with the present limited life. The good is not longed for, because it is trans-empirical. The good and the pleasant are opposite to one another, like the two opposite poles. One cuts the tree of Samsara, and the other waters the tree of Samsara. Those who justify sense-enjoyments are blind men guided by blind philosophies and they shall fall into deep pits.
All enjoyments are more frictions of nerves.
They do not merely bring pain but are the very forms of misery itself. A sensation cannot be called bliss, and all worldly experiences are sensations. Those who believe in the reality of this present world alone and do not care for the existence of another plane of life get attached to this world, and, thus, have to experience births and deaths. The Atman, being the presupposition of all acts of understanding, feeling and willing, is not known to any individualised knower, and so it appears as a terrible mystery, a wonder of wonders, awe-inspiring. To many this Atman is difficult to hear of, to many others, even when heard of, it is difficult to understand.