Monday, April 21, 2008

Desires? What is their nature?

Desires?
What is their nature?

When a cat kills your pet parrot,
you are enraged; when it kills a mouse,
you are pleased.

Though the behaviour of the cat is the same,
you desired one and disliked the other,
as a result of your attachment!

Desires are decided by personal prejudices and fancies.
They also pall when fulfilled and are often momentary urges,
clamouring for immediate satisfaction.

After a full meal, food becomes uninteresting,
if not positively repellent! Once satiated,
the thing desired becomes disgusting!

divinely sent