Here’s an interesting analogy I came across by spiritual leader and coach Chaitanya Charan.
He likens desires to pedaling on a cycle.
Say someone is pedaling too fast, and they lose control and fall into a ditch.
Oops, game over.
They are scarred for life now, after their cycling mishap, that they decide they will never pedal anymore.
This is super extreme isn’t it? Either pedal too fast, or not pedal at all?
This, according to Chaitanya ji, is how desires should be treated. Not at extremes. Neither is too many desires good. Nor is no desire at all good.
A bunch of healthy spiritual selfless desires would be ideal!