Question: Why it’s been stressed to get self realization and subsequent salvation (freedom) ? What is the problem if one takes birth again and again ? You are born, do good work, enjoy the fruit of work, and if your work is too good, society will also enjoy it.It is true that one’s life is a blend of sorrow and happiness. But what is wrong with it ? It breaks the monotonocity and makes you stronger. What is there lying in space as a free soul ? Even Gods have been taking birth at times as living beings.
Answer: If you are happy with the present state of life, you may continue the same & nobody is forcing you to change your way of life. Since, others feel that, what you say is only nice theory and not real state of affairs, they would like to find out if there is a permanent solution for the present suffering. That leads them to Religion.