How did so much sin and suffering come to me?

 

(Nectar Drops - Diary of Annamalai Swami"):

Question: How did so much sin and suffering come to me?

Sri Bhagavan: We should say, it is because of one's past life. Suppose you contemplate how that past karma came about. Instead of reasoning that it happened because of the previous life, enquire as to whom this birth has occurred. If the body has taken birth, then let the body ask all these questions. You say that you are always experiencing sorrow. Only your thoughts say so. 

What exists always is happiness only. What comes and goes is indeed sorrow. Being the embodiment of bliss forever, to think one is in sorrow is indeed sorrow. Whatever comes and goes anew is all just sorrow. Only that which exists always is happiness.

A great Monarch, despite having all kinds of wealth and so many attendants to accomplish whatever he wants to be done, yet experiences sorrow, only because his state of mind is not good. Another person though struggling to get a morsel of food, because his mind is pure, is always happy. See who is the happy one in this.