When, however, you feel complete within, you don’t feel starved but full. And when you are full, the urge to be more or have more disappears. The circling around stops.

Whether it was the bird flying in the sky or the fluttering butterflies, the working farmer or the resting shepherd, there was one thing common. Hunger. Hunger is the eternal truth of all living entities. Other than humans or perhaps the animals tamed by us, most species rarely get to eat to their heart’s content. Every morning billions of creatures step out of the safety and comfort of their shelter in search of food. They must find food or perish.

Hunger is also our truth; there’s only one key difference between ours and theirs. No, it’s not greed. Like us, animals can be greedy too. On many occasions I’ve seen dogs, cats and other animals devour food with insatiable desire. But, their hunger is basic, it’s elementary whereas ours is more evolved. They need to eat when famished and they need to mate when in heat. Our race, however, is starving for many other things.

Just look around and see how people are hungry for different reasons. Most are yearning for more money, many are craving for love, others are hungry for power, some for status, name and fame and so forth. Our hunger keeps us on our toes, it keeps us going, it motivates us and also makes us feel important and adequate. But, what we want in life often arises from a sense of lacking, even insecurity. As you crave for food when your body lacks it, you long for fulfillment when life fails to provide it. In seeking that fulfillment we set goals and constantly strive and struggle to reach them, only to set more upon their attainment. This hunger is eternal.

When, however, you feel complete within, you don’t feel starved but full. And when you are full, the urge to be more or have more disappears. The circling around stops.

Om Namah Shivay