The problem with you is not that you have desires but that you desire so little. Why not desire it all? Why not want complete fulfillment joy and freedom?
-Sri Nisargadatta
-Sri Nisargadatta
Both good (shreya) and pleasant (preya) present themselves to a man. The calm soul examines them well and discriminates. He prefers the good (shreya) to the pleasant (preya); but the fool chooses the pleasant (preya) out of greed and avarice.
-Katha Upanishad - 1.2.2
-Katha Upanishad - 1.2.2
Man has little needs and deeper needs. We fall into the mistake of living from our little needs till we have almost lost our deeper needs in a sort of madness. Let us prepare now for the death of our present little life and reemergence in a bigger life in touch with the moving cosmos.
-D.H. Lawrence – Lady Chatterly's Lovers
-D.H. Lawrence – Lady Chatterly's Lovers
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