From the Sacred India Tarot, the Knight of Lotuses (Cups); from the Land Sky Oracle, Saucha:
Kamadeva, with his bow made of sugarcane, is the personification of desire and longing. Unfortunately, sensual craving (including for more than just sex), is easy to inflame. Yet we wouldn't want to extinguish desire, as it is the force behind creativity and the enthusiasm for positive deeds. Saucha, the first of the Niyamas ("observances") of Yoga, shows the way to transform and use this energy for good. Saucha literally means purity, cleanliness and clearness of mind, body and speech. In the case of relationships, it encourages us to clean up our motives and expectations before acting.
The craving for the thing is rarely met by the satisfaction of getting it. And so we crave more. And the cycle repeats. We are encouraged to want what will only make us want more. We are, in short, encouraged to be addicts. ―Matt Haig
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