Nature of Desire and How to Resolve it? Add to Spiritual Diary Basis of life is desire. According to Rig Veda Universe came into being when “It” desired so. When there is no desire there is no life. Hence the old Indian tradition of saying that one should stop or reduce desire or that desire is the root cause of all evil is wrong. When there is no life of course there will be no evil! So a life with all its darts and farts is much better than no life! Human desire manifests itself in different forms – lust, aim, ambition, control, goal, etc. However, the driving force is the same – power, fame and money and I think it ultimately boils down to control and hence power. Some also call it an ego trip.