Desire...

Desire gives you suffering. Whenever any
desire arises, you want to go near it, you
want to achieve it and you do, then you are
happy. You may think that the object
made you happy, but really it is the absence
of desire, that moment of emptiness, that
makes you happy.

- Papaji

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"The Truth Is"
Sri H.W.L. Poonja
Yudhishtara, 1995