You run. Always running. Chasing, grasping, reaching—but never holding. The moment you get what you want, it vanishes like mist in the morning sun. Another desire rises, another hunger, another restless ache that refuses to be satisfied. You tell yourself, “Just one more thing, just one more success, just one more moment of pleasure, and I will be happy.”

But has it ever lasted?

No.

You know this. You feel it deep within, yet you ignore it. You pretend that the next thing will be different. But it won’t. It never is. Because the problem is not the world, not the people around you, not the circumstances. The problem is the illusion you cling to—the belief that happiness is somewhere outside, that it must be found, bought, earned, stolen.

The Modern Illusion: A Story of Endless Chase

Meet Aryan. A man of this world.

He wakes up to an alarm, checks his phone, and instantly, his mind is filled with a thousand thoughts. Emails, messages, deadlines. He rushes through the morning, his mind already tangled in the chase before his body even steps out of the house.

Aryan is successful. At least, that’s what the world tells him. A high-paying job, a luxury car, an apartment with a view. But his heart—it is never still.

He got his dream job, yet within months, dissatisfaction crept in. He wanted a promotion. He got the promotion, but now he wants more recognition. The world calls him accomplished, but inside, he is restless, hungry for something he cannot name.

He seeks escape. Perhaps a new phone will make him feel better. He buys it. The excitement lasts for a day. Maybe a vacation? He books it, enjoys it, but the emptiness returns the moment he lands back. Perhaps love? He finds someone, but soon, the same patterns emerge—expectation, disappointment, boredom.

Nothing is ever enough.

One evening, he sits alone on his balcony, looking at the city lights. For a moment, he wonders, Is this all there is? He should be happy. He has everything he once dreamed of. Then why does he feel this void?

The truth hits him like a storm. He has spent his life running, believing happiness was always in the next thing. But it never was. It was always an illusion. A mirage.

And now, for the first time, he stops. He does not reach for his phone. He does not try to distract himself. He just sits, breathes, and observes.

Something shifts. A silence. A realization.

The Trap of Desire

Aryan’s life is not unique. It is yours. It is everyone’s.

The world tells you to chase. More money, more fame, more pleasure. And so, you run, believing the next achievement, the next purchase, the next relationship will bring you peace. But it never does. Because the mind is a bottomless pit—it will never say, Enough.

The Absolute whispers, Be still. But you do not listen. You are afraid. You think if you stop chasing, life will lose meaning. But the truth is, the meaning was never in the chase. The meaning was in the presence—the now—the only place where true peace exists.

The Liberation: Seeing Through the Illusion

When Aryan sat in stillness, something changed. For the first time, he questioned everything. And in that questioning, he found an answer.

Desires were never the problem. Attaching his happiness to them was.

A thing can be enjoyed, but the moment it defines your peace, you become its slave. You were not meant to be owned by your desires. You were meant to witness them, to experience them without being controlled by them.

Look around. Look at the people trapped in their own cravings. The businessman who earns millions but is never home. The influencer who seeks validation in every like. The lover who clings, afraid of being alone. They all suffer from the same illusion.

And now, look at yourself. Are you ready to wake up?

The Absolute: Your True Freedom

You are not here to chase illusions. You are here to experience. To witness. To live—not as a beggar of the world, but as the presence behind it.

When you step back from the chase, you do not become lifeless. You become truly alive. Your joy is no longer tied to conditions. You love, not because you need, but because love itself is your nature. You work, not for validation, but because creation is your essence. You live—not in fear of losing, but in the fullness of every moment.

The Absolute does not ask you to renounce the world. It asks you to renounce your slavery to it. It asks you to see, to awaken, to realize: You were never the one running. You were always the sky, watching the clouds pass by.