Why did we come into this world at all?

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This world is just like a jail. Why does a state government put a person in jail? Only when a citizen transgresses the law of the land, he is arrested. Similarly, we are imprisoned because we try to imitate Krishna. In the Gita, Krishna says that He is the only enjoyer. We have no capacity to enjoy ourselves but because of enviousness we embarked upon imitating His behaviour. Of course, when we surrender and engage ourselves in His service, no doubt, we can also enjoy our association with him but not independently.

 

From time immemorial, owing to our rebellious nature, we opted to become Lords ourselves instead of serving in subordination to the Lord Krishna. This disconnect has landed us in the lap of Maya. The all merciful Lord has now given us scope in creating this material world wherein we are given a chance to fulfill our perverted desire to lord it over here, and at the same time enable us in the human form of life to repeatedly realise the illusory nature of the futile attempt, thereby to rectify our defective way of thinking and resume loving service unto Him.