“The state of craving for anything blocks all deeper experience. Nothing of value can happen to a mind which knows exactly what it wants. For nothing the mind can visualize and want is of much value.”

—  Nisargadatta Maharaj

Desire and fear
Source: "I am That." P.49.

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