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got involved deeply only in idol worship, in form of rites and rituals, forgetting the very
truth that, the stone idol of God is in fact only the symbol of God and not God. The ill

effect of this illusion is that, on the one hand, people in the society give up the noble
ideal of resorting to relentless efforts for achieving success and prosperity in life and on

the other, they become victims of superstitions and false beliefs, that the stone idol of
God, blesses and curses them, thus getting themselves entangled more and more in rites

and rituals. Such a pitiable condition of the society is not only prevailing in any one
particular religion, but also in all the other religions in the world in some form or the

other.
Illusion of Happiness

As a matter of fact, every person in the world earnestly makes efforts throughout
his life to make himself happy. In this context Jeevanvidya states that:-

"The root cause of all evils, miseries and sufferings of the entire human race lies in the
belief of the wrong concept of happiness, which varies from person to person.''

There is a category of common people who try to achieve happiness by acquiring
those things that please their mind, by means of money, wealth and power. Since most

of these people, leaving aside a few exceptions, earn money and power through foul
means, they have to face calamities and difficulties in their lives. These people ultimately

come to realise that the happiness which they acquire by means of money, wealth and
power is essentially not the real happiness that they desired, but is an illusion of

happiness. In brief, money, wealth and power can not ensure a happy life. Similarly,
there is another category of common people who try to make themselves happy by

means of gratifying God, by worshipping Him. However, this category of people also fails
to attain happiness in their lives mainly because they worship an imaginary God and not

the real God. Also, the various methods of worship people adopt for worshipping their
imaginary God are also imaginary and the experiences that they mostly get, are equally

imaginary. Hence, people who try to achieve a happy life by means of money, wealth and
power, as also those people who try to make themselves happy by worshipping an

imaginary God by performing rites and rituals, fail to achieve their desired goal.
JEEVANVIDYA therefore states that,

"From historical times to the present day, the various methods people adopted to
make their lives happy, are fundamentally wrong.''

Hence the question that arises is, what is the essence of ideal worship which can
ensure a beautiful life, in the form of success and prosperity and peace and bliss.

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