How to overcome desires easily!

Desires are a function of a thought that originates of the mind. They originate from identity and memory. Thats all. They are bound to be there. Its like the wave in ocean, they are bound to be there. There can be no ocean without waves.

One way is to know that mind will continue to function the way it is designed. Creating thoughts And desires. This is possible be knowing that you are shivoham, by constantly being in aum.

Problem is that you have identified yourself with the mind and its experiences.

There are two ways to address any problem. Solve it. Or make it irrelevant. Solving means supress the desires. Sanyasa etc. There is lot of struggle here. Sanyasa dissolves all identities. Simple. But not practical for most people.

Next method is Making a problem irrelevant means, knowing that the mind is not real, so thoughts also not real. Desires, fear, greed, jealousy, etc emotions are not real. Here the meaning of real is taken as if this is going to eternal or not. If it's not eternal, its not real.

This is like being a lotus leaf, where water droplets fall on it, but don't stick to it...

So desires will come and go. The key here to observe that desire came and then subsided after some time. You are not the desire..you are observing the desire, being in constant aum state at all times.

This is the fundamenTal teaching of atmashatakam by adi shakaracharya.

Awareness is the key. From here comes acceptance and abundance.

The key again is to hear aum sound eternally.

Be in eternal awareness, abundance and acceptance! With internal aum.