I was experiencing a new sense of being, of completeness. The next thought that arrived was: If I could prolong this being/feeling by practicing regularly, I would need fewer and fewer things/activities/ social interaction/stimulation, because I simply wouldn’t desire them. It became suddenly clear why or how the ascetics I had read about gave up the material world. Renunciation isn’t deprivation; it is simply a state of continuous non-appetite—non-craving. I do not eat donuts—not because I deprive myself, but because I do not desire them. Simple. -A Life Worth Breathing