From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunti, never takes birth again. BG 8.16

There are 2 kinds of people who are happy in this material world. The ignorant and the liberated souls. They who are neither ignorant nor liberated feel the pains of repeated birth and death. They are not satisfied here and are struggling very hard to get free. They want liberation. The ignorant will say. Its just part of life. You will enjoy in the future. Look at me Im a very successful enjoyer so keep trying. In this way they remain shackled to the false, temporary, Illusiory happiness of this world. They repeatedly engage in what is called chewing the chewed. After so many births someone may be intelligent enough to see that this is not happiness at all. So many kinds of misery and what we call happiness is just some temprary releif from the struggle for existence. And they begin their search for the truth. They dont get the truth very easily. They perform austeritoes, study of so many books, always searching. Sometimes they think. Oh now I know everything. I am Brahman! I am that! And they may imagine themself to have atained liberation. But again they return. So after many births we get this chance to hear from Krsna by the mercy of His devotees. The souls are very slow to learn they must give up their so called independence and enjoyment and become the humble servants of Krsna again. Hare Krsna

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Jagadatma das > Jagadatma das July 19, 2011 at 10:11am

Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Näräyana, never fear any condition of life. For them the heavenly planets, liberation and the hellish planets are all the same, for such devotees are interested only in the service of the Lord. SB 6.17.28

In the purport Srila Prabhupada explains that the devotees tollerate anything for the service of Krsna. This is there wonderful characteristic. The pure unalloyed devotee gets great happiness in suffering if it is for Krsna's plearure. The residents of Vrndavana are all so in love with Krsna they never think of themselves. They only care for Krsna's happiness and if that will cause them distress that they will gladly bear for Krsna.
- Sarthak Tapasvi > Jagadatma das July 19, 2011 at 5:18pm
  
     Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
  
  Thank u so much for this :-
  
      "The souls are very slow to learn they must give up their so called independence and enjoyment and become the humble servants of Krsna again."
  
  this clears my doubt..
  
  Hare Krsna

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