Page 199 - Complete Works of Dr. KCV Volume 1

That is why God's state is important than God. That is why we say, Thou art the real goal of human life. But there I would say only God's state. Because peace is considered to be the state of absolute perfection and we know that we cannot arrive at that condition unless our desires are removed. The desires which we have, the wishes which we obtain - are all opposed to our attaining, God because we are finite, limited and our aspirations are for small things and for Godly state. So we try our level best to get rid of these desires and wishes. We are slaves to them, because we obey our wishes and our wishes never obey us. That is why we say 'we are slaves of our wishes' and we are not able to escape from their bondage. The worst bondage that man suffers is from his wishes which command him to run about in the world to try to make money and desire pleasure and become slaves of those wishes. There could be no greater bondage than the bondage of pleasures which have become habits. So we have to get rid of that and the more we try to get rid of them the more they become our masters. Even in the great sanyasins who are said to have renounced their desires and all that, corruptitious wishes entered telling them that there is mankind and that they have to serve man. I believe God alone has that skill. We can serve individuals and ourselves to certain extent. And that is why we find that some of the greatest saints fell victims to the great desire of becoming Saviours of Humanity. Avatar is one of those things which they aim at and we may say an avatar is good. But it is a responsibility which a finite thing cannot get. So wishes in every form have to be surrendered, and I do not know how to surpass them. The more I try to throw them out the more subtle they enter into me. These desires can only be removed by God. So I have to request to God in my prayer 'please remove all the obstacles in my progress'. Some say desires are to be cured of egoism. But actually the cure of desire is God.
In our system, Master has stated, there are 11 circles of egoism and no person seems to have got rid of them without the help of God. If the worlds of maya are there, greater maya is egoism and that is why we have to get rid of these wishes once and for all. By our saying that we are giving up those wishes we do not help ourselves. It requires the work from within and that work God alone can do.