existence of the inmost being, and as such it cannot be counted among desires.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume IV - Part 2
Fragment ID: 14127
The desire for the Divine or bhakti for the Divine is the one desire which can free one from all the others – at the core it is not a desire, but an aspiration, a soul need, the breath of existence of the inmost being, and as such it cannot be counted among desires.