The disollution of desires
Swami Sivananda
The The ever-restless mind becomes quiescent when all desires vanish. Desire raises Sankalpas (Thoughts, imaginations). Man performs acticins for acquiring the desired objects. Thus he is caught up in the wheel of Samsara. This wheel stops when Vasanas perish.
Ahankara (ego), Sankalpa (Thought, imagination), Vasana (subtles desire) and Prana (vital energy) have intimate connection with the mind. There cannot be any mind without these four. Prana is the life of the mind. Ahankara is the root of the mind. Sankalpas are the branches of the tree of mind, vasana is the seed of the mind.
This deep-rooted tree of Samsara of dire Ajnana (ignorance) has the mind as its root. It ramifies in various directions with branches full of flowers, tendrils, fruits, etc. If this root (the mind) is destroyed, the tree of Samsara, this tree of birth and death will also be destroyed. Cut this root-mind-with the axe of Brahma-Jnana (knowledge of Brahman). Chop off the branches-the Sankalpas-with the knife of Viveka (discerment) and Vairagya (dispassion).