Why is it important to cultivate detachment? What are the consequences of desires? Bhagawan, The One who receives all our prayers, explains today.

The tongue has oil, fat and greasy substances rolling over it; but, it is unaffected by these; it does not become greasy. The mind too must be unaffected by the experiences of success and failure, of gain and loss, of well-being and illness; it must be surrendered at the Feet of the Lord. Let His Will prevail. What profit does your little will bring you? Just close your eyes for five minutes and think of the profit your efforts have won for you. One wish leads to another; one bond brings about ten others. You marry; you get a daughter who has to be given in marriage; you struggle to finish your education; you toil to finish your son's education; he works hard to finish his son's. Thus it goes on, like a never-ending chain. “This one wish if fulfilled will be enough, I won't ask for anything more", you say; but I know you will come and ask for something else, which is the consequence of that wish. It is in the very nature of human desire; for, the joy one gets through its satisfaction is imperfect, limited, temporary, and pregnant with grief.