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 Sunday 26 July 2026

DESIRE

Swami Sivananda

The greatest obstacles to Self-Realisation are desire for property, desire for wealth and desire for name and fame. Desire is born of ignorance. The fundamental desire is the urge for mate. Destruction of desire is destruction of ignorance. Desire arises from a sense of imperfection or limitation, by identifying with the finite body, mind and ego. Desire is the seed from which sprouts ceaseless birth. As is your desire, so is your will. As is your will, so is your action. He who is desireless will have an absolute free will. He is ever blissful who longs for nothing and fears nothing. Contd…


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You should meditate on this wonderful reality which is everywhere, whose nature is existence, consciousness, joy. You are not separate from that because if you are separate, it cannot be indivisible. Do not forget this point. This also answers the question of why you cannot see it. Meditation is so difficult because it cannot be seen.

- Swami Krishnananda
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