Moment to Speak

Desire exists when there is a subject and an object, i.e., duality. When all is One Existence only, there is no desire. Desire is a conative tendency of mental processes of attempted action or change. It encompasses impulse, volition, and the effort to enjoy objects in the phenomenal world through sensory perceptions and organs. Desire, according to Swami Sivananda , is an earnest longing for attaining some object or goal. It is a wish or an urge to enjoy an object or attain something. He explains that the desire to see is of the eyes; to hear is of the ears; to taste is of the tongue; to smell is of the nose; to touch is of the skin; to work is of the hand; to speak has become of the organ of speech; to walk has become of the feet; and to copulate has become of the organ of reproduction. Desire, Swami Sivananda maintains, is the root cause for this mundane life in the Samsara chakra (wheel of birth and death). Desire, sage philosopher Swami Krishnananda explains, is a concentration...