It is natural for us to want to be happy, satisfied, and free. But due to ignorance of our true identity, our natural longing becomes misdirected and leads to further bondage and unhappiness.

If you wrongly identify yourself with your body—your senses—you will erroneously conclude that you can achieve happiness through material sense gratification.

The more your senses are in control, the more you are in the position of being controlled by them. Therefore the less free you are.

We all want freedom, but real freedom is possible only if we understand our true identity.

Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda