“ you want something and you know you should not want it. you know you should not want it, and you ask for the wanting to be taken away, for you to not want it anymore, despite through the asking wanting it so much, wanting to not let go. you keep asking, falling on your knees, on your face, asking for the terrible wanting to be taken away, to be freed from this desire. and yet the desire is so lovely, so viciously comforting, you know you should not want it but you do. and you keep asking. it is too much, you cannot take it, you cannot handle this enslavement to this wanting. so you keep asking. you keep falling on your face asking for the wanting to be taken away. over and over you ask and slowly, it begins to fade. your wanting slows down, loses speed. it is not so attractive now, is it, this thing that once had your full attention? it is not so beautiful. now, you see that the comfort it gave was empty, imaginary. it was not real. it was not solid, not tangible. and suddenly you are fully freed of the wanting, suddenly there is a warm empty space where the wanting was and suddenly, the warm emptiness is filled by the One who has taken away the wanting. ”
