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