Ceiling on desires Posted by Sibi Sukumar , Saturday, August 26, 2006 at 6:53 AM, in

I want to share a a fascinating article I came across that sheds light on the actual machinations of the mind that cause a desire complex and the way we can overcome it. In the following article (url given below), taken from a public talk given by Andrew Cohen at the Harvard Divinity School in late October 1997, he articulates the relationship between our most fundamental desire to have and possess for ourselves, the compelling excitement these desires elicit in us, and the enormous potential for suffering and confusion they engender:

http://www.wie.org/j13/promise.asp

Baba speaks about it in the example he so often gives: "I want peace." : "I" is ego. "Want" is desire. Remove ego and desire and you have peace.

Om Asatoma Sadhgamaya
Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya
Mrityoma Amritamgamaya
On Shanti Shanti Shantihi