We have a range of desires which we have generated in this lifetime and past lifetimes based on the idea that I am this body mind. And one way of getting back my joy is to satisfy these desires so that the mind calms down and reflects my natural honor. If I can give up my desire for the world, why raguer, dispassion? Then the mind by itself should calm down and should reflect my natural bliss. The more you pursue the desires in the world in order to satisfy them one after another, it's an endless thing. It's a rat race, meaning which you become still become a rat. There is no end to this race. Any mature person recognizes
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Katha Upanishad, one of India's most revered texts which is also a part of the Vedas. It is a collection of philosophical poems representing a conversation between the sage Naciketas and Yama (god of death). They discuss the nature of Atman, Brahman and Moksha(liberation).