People have such a long and enormous list of things that they want. There's so many things that each individual wants. When we go to the mall, we are bombarded, literally bombarded with advertisements from all sides telling us what we need.
There are physical needs, conventional needs, imaginary needs, needless needs, which in time become necessary needs, as we are told. So with so many needs on our list, where's the room to need God? Where? It is so difficult to imagine how little we need to lead a happy, content life. But the truth is that we are running in the same direction as everyone else, never pausing even once to think or to realize where we will end up.
So where does God figure in your list? The stark truth for the majority is that they don't know who God is, who they are, and what the purpose of life is. So what are people doing? In the absence of this understanding, what are people doing? Living a mechanical life. Doing what? Eating, drinking, sleeping, and procreating, mating.
Why are we in this world? Why did we come into this world? Why did we receive this human birth, this human life, this human body? Why? And where will we go after this? Such questions related to the essence of our existence are covered with a thick shroud of material desires and needs and wants.
