Desire, in excitation, demands satisfaction. Satisfaction, in turn, fans the flame of increased desire. This leaves us chasing the objects of our desire, spending most, if not all, of our energy and attention in the process. The world we can see, touch and feel becomes an absorbing, singular reality, leaving little left over for pursuit of the Divine. Because the Divine is subtle, it easily drops from consciousness entirely. The consequent absorption in the limited, material world is the root of the problem.
