If one feels just a state of satisfaction, peace and no lack, i will agree that it exists both when a no-desire state is there and when a simple desire has just been fulfilled. However, my experience has been that the actual state, after deeper desires are fulfilled, has been such that there arises a higher emotional charge compared to the state of my being in a no-desire state. It is another matter that this charged emotional 'enjoying' state is usually one in which I am lost in identification and, further, it gives rise to perpetuation of the tendency to hanker for the same gratification, as Stephen has observed so well in this blog extract.
On Sep 30, 2024 Gururaj wrote :