What is the root cause of bondage?

Question:  What is the root cause of bondage?

Swami Ramsukhdasji:  In true worship, one does not consider things to be their own, and does not expect any reward for him self. Where a desire exists to get comfort, respect, praise, or any other personal gain, there is bondage. Several years passed by in giving discourses, yet I did not know the root cause of bondage. It was much later that I came to the understanding that desire to get anything from anyone is bondage.  If you want others to be favorable towards you, it means you are inviting sorrow.  It is all a desire for pleasure and enjoyment. Therefore Beware!! Of them. Desires only lead to bondage, and not love. Those who wish to get something from another are cheats and pleasure seeking and they get entangled in worldly bondage.

Therefore to get rid of bondage, give up your desire and serve others. This is the real Art of Living in this world. It is God Realization through selfless, unattached action. We should totally give up the idea of getting anything from others.