I'm happy to read someone sticking up for the poor old ego. I don't think a sense of identity is such a terrible thing to have, either.
But back to topic... I agree there's more than one kind of desire. Some seem to take us away from ourselves - to be distractions, basically, from true self and real living. Addictions of all types might be of this kind: things we do to avoid being aware. Occasionally we wake up for a few seconds and notice that we don't really want to watch TV/ keep 'busy' all day/ eat junk/ ... Maybe this is the kind of desire Erock's talking about.
Is there also more than one kind of detachment? Or is it just a matter of degree? As I can aspire to a life without distraction, but not to one without emotion.
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