Law of Karm, Value Systems for Success :

The purpose of our existence in this world is to realize the Self, to find our real identity. Our real nature is Divinity. We are ignorant about our Godhead. Our ignorance expresses itself as desires. These desires prevent us from recognizing our own Self. Desires veil the Divinity within. The purpose of human existence is to get rid of that desire, which stands between you and GOD.

In every religion, desire is personified as evil that stands between man and God. In Hinduism desires are personified as Asur, in Buddhism desires are depicted as Maraa, in Christianity it is personified as Satan and in Islam it is represented by Shaitaan.

Desires cause stress and mental agitations. Stress is mental agitations caused by unfulfilled desires. Desires make you dependent on worldly pleasures. Hence desires are personified as evil.

Time crushes all these gradually, often in a split of seconds. Thus, for our happiness, we are dependent upon factors over which we have no control. The only thing that you have, which remains unaffected, on which you can depend, is your own Self.

For an impenetrable shield stand within your own Self. That is the only security. But the problem is, while you are here in this world, you are enticed by the external wealth for inner security. We are dependent upon external wealth for inner security and are completely oblivious of our mission and purpose of life.