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complicated life situa ons and miseries and only have temporary
pleasures, which are more lust than real love.

The intelligence of the materialists become corrupted by con nual ac-
vi es prompted by passion and ignorance. They become convinced

that the goal of life in sense gra fica on. This distracts the mind from
the pursuit of self-realiza on, which should result in the realiza on one
is the eternal servant of Krishna and, thus, one should engage in His
loving devo onal service. Such misconcep on of life diverts one’s
a en on to pursuing the a empt to acquire more and more money so

that one may have unrestricted sense enjoyment. Thus one is over-
whelmed by the material concep on of life which is summarized as
follows:

1-A achment to the objects of sense gra fica on

2-One is preoccupied by many material desires and when one is frus-
trated, he develops hatred and envy

3-One seeks happiness outside of himself by en cing vic ms for his
sense gra fica on. He seeks the company of other persons suffering
from the same illusions. He dislikes the feeling of loneliness and seclu-
sion as long as he feels successful in materialis c society.

4-He has a tendency to overindulge in ea ng, sleeping, ma ng and de-
fending.

5-He loses control over the ac vi es of the senses and the mind
6-Due to iden fying oneself with the temporary body rather than the
eternal soul within the body, he develops the false ego that he is the

body and iden fies hiumself with temporary designa ons of family,
race, ethnicity, na onalism, etc.

7-He tries to prolong his existence in the temporary body by material
strategies of diet, body building, supplements, plas c surgery and oth-
er medical procedures.

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