Desire Quote by Adi Da Samraj
““Every negative complex of emotion conceals a conflict, a problem or dilemma made up of contradictory or opposing motives or desires. Self-observation must recover these emotional seeds of the dramatization of life if real control of habits is to occur. Otherwise, mere control of habits will itself become a form of dramatized conflict or warfare with the motives of our lives. Food desires, sex desires, relational desires, desires for experience and acquisition, for rest, for release, for attention, for solitude, for life, for death, the whole pattern of desires must come under the view of consciousness, the aspects of the conflicts must be differentiated, and habits must be controlled to serve well-being or the pleasurable and effective play of Life. This whole process is truly possible only in the midst of the prolonged occasion of spiritual life in practice, since the mere mechanical and analytical attempts at self-liberation and self-healing do not undermine the principal emotion or seat of conflict, which is the intention to identify with a separate self sense and to reject and forget the prior and natural Condition of Unqualified or Divine Consciousness.””
About This Quote
Source Lecture: Spiritual Consciousness Seminar, 2008
Emotional conflicts hide within desires; true habit control requires conscious awareness of these motives, not just mechanical effort.
In simple terms: Understanding desires helps control habits wisely.
Cultivate self‑observation to align habits with well‑being.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- personal therapy
- meditation practice
- habit redesign
- life coaching
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How can you identify hidden motives behind habits?
- What practices deepen conscious awareness of desires?
Pure analysis alone cannot dissolve deep emotional roots.