what is considered to be base desire for one may be spiritually essential-at this time-for another. To come to know our own true nature well enough that we may distinguish between want and need may seem like a daunting task, but isn't really. This can be achieved by any activity-meditation, walking, gardening-so long as it takes your mind from the chatter of active thought to the nonjudgmental state of communion with yourself and all that surrounds you....to that place where the mind does not know that it cannot know. -C G Walters