Q: So this pursuit of happiness has to go?
U.G.: Don't say it should go. Wanting selfishness to go is part and parcel of the selfish pursuit of a more pleasurable state -- selflessness. That is why you are eternally unhappy. Your search for happiness is making you unhappy. Both the spiritual goal and the search for material happiness are the same. Both are essentially selfish, pleasurable pursuits. If that understanding is somehow there in you, then you will not use the energy in that direction at all.
You know, I've been everywhere in the world, and have found that people are exactly the same. There is no difference at all. Becoming is the most important thing in the world for everybody -- to become something. They all want to become rich, whether materially or spiritually, it is exactly the same. Don't divide it; the so-called spiritual is the materialistic. You may think you are superior because you do Meditation.
Your material, religious and spiritual activities are all basically selfish. Because you always want something more. If you don't want anything there is no reason to go anywhere.
