Greater joy in overcoming a desire - Mother

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The Buddha has said that there is a greater joy in overcoming a desire than in

satisfying it. It is an experience everybody can have and one that is truly very

interesting, very interesting.. . .

There is a kind of inner communion with the psychic being which takes place when

one willingly gives up a desire, and because of this one feels a much greater

joy than if he had satisfied his desire. Besides, most usually, almost without

exception, when one satisfies a desire it always leaves a kind of bitter taste

somewhere.

There is not one satisfied desire which does not give a kind of bitterness; as

when one has eaten too sugary a sweet it fills your mouth with bitterness. It is

like that. You must try sincerely. Naturally you must not pretend to give up

desire and keep it in a corner, because then one becomes very unhappy. You must

do it sincerely.

 

 

 

- The Mother [CWMCE, 7:38-40]