So, attachment is the cause of desires. So when we have attachment, what happens? We develop a desire, and when the desire is fulfilled, we experience greed. And when the desire is not fulfilled, we experience anger and frustration.
So let us move on. What is the cause, what is the reason behind attachment? So, Shri Krishna tells us in the Gita,
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते ।
Dhyāyato viṣhayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣhūpajāyate.- Gita 2.62
So, the reason for attachment is when we repeatedly dwell, when we repeatedly meditate on something or someone to be a source of happiness, joy and satisfaction for us, we develop an attachment. When we repeatedly think of someone or something as a source, because as I have mentioned earlier, we all have our own individual attachments. Yes. So, how did we get attached to all of these different people and different things in our life since our birth? How did that happen? We were not born as an alcoholic. We were not born as a smoker. We were not born as an addict for tea and coffee. No, none of these were there. They didn't exist when we were born. So what happened?
Well, because we repeatedly contemplated happiness in any object or person. If you ask an alcoholic their experience for the first time when they actually had a sip of alcohol, they will tell you that they didn't like it the first time they had it. But what happened? Peer pressure, wanting to look great in front of people, to show off, to flaunt oneself or whatever. Then what happened? Then over so many days and then weeks and months, then the person becomes an alcoholic. How? Just repeatedly thinking of that object to be a source of happiness and joy. Yes. So it's when we contemplate happiness in something or someone, then what happens? We become attached. And then when we become attached, we develop a desire.
And when the desire is fulfilled, greed, not fulfilled, we experience anger.
