Those who dwell on and long for sense-pleasure are born in a world of separateness.
But let them realize they are the Self and all separateness will fall away.
(Mundaka Up. Part 3, 2:2, p. 116)
When all desires that surge in the heart are renounced, the mortal becomes immortal.
(Katha Up. Part 2, 3:14, p. 97)
A person is what his deep desire is. It is our deepest desire in this life that
shapes the life to come. So let us direct our deepest desires to realize the Self.
(Chandogya Up. Chapter 3, 14:1, p. 177)
The Self desires only what is real, thinks nothing but what is ture.
Here people do what they are told, becoming dependent on their country,
or their piece of land, or the desires of another, so their desires are not fulfilled
and their works come to nothing, both in this world and in the next.
Those who depart from this world without knowing who they are or what they truly
desire have no freedom here or hereafter. But those who leave here
knowing who they are and what they truly desire have freedom everywhere,
both in this world and in the next.
(p. 192 ???)
... all things we desire but do not have, are found when we enter
that space within the heart; for there abide all desires that are true, though
covered by what is false.
(p. 192 ???)
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