When we intensely desire an object we try to get it by fair
means or foul. It is deadly enemy, desire: it eggs us on to commit sin.
While desire fulfilled leads to further desire, desire
frustrated turns into anger, like the rebound of a ball thrown at a wall.
A person in the grip of desire loses his reasoning power and
consequently all this actions will be in the wrong directions.
Desire flares up like fire. The more it is fed the more it
becomes hungry. Indeed desire blackens your mind. When a desire is gratified
there is joy for the moment, but soon it goes in search for more ‘food’ and in
the process we lose our peace of mind and happiness and become victims of
sorrow and anger.
If you wish to be free from the evils of desire you ought to
free yourself of thought that you are the body and this should happen when you
are in this world.
Chandrasekara Saraswathi Swamigal
Chandrasekara Saraswathi Swamigal