Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj
When there is a wish in the mind day and night, that is called desire or kama. When the mind constantly runs from one object to another, that is called desire. One who has no desire is mute. Mecca and Madeena are far away but it is necessary to go there in one's life. The one who pursues the fulfilling of desire is the individual (jiva). One who has no desire is God (Shiva). Fire is fire, cotton is cotton. Knowledge is fire, as it destroys all action (karma). The six qualities that arise in space; Desire, Anger, Greed, Enticement, Pride and Sorrow are in the nature of the individual. When we get something, we feel increased desire, and if we don't get it, we feel sorrow. These qualities are intermixed with each other. Therefore, desirelessness is the sign of godliness. To have desire is the sign of the individual.
All worldly pleasures are related to the individual. They are not of the Self. One who knows oneself to be beyond all attributes (gunas), becomes free from sense object enjoyments. Enjoyment of objects makes for the limiting of the Self. To think of objects is the Rajas guna, while to think of the Self is the Sattva guna. When one realizes that Brahman is the only true pleasure or joy in life, he becomes Brahman. One then dislikes sense pleasures derived from objects.
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