IDENTIFICATION WITH MIND CAUSES DESIRE

Why the self soul entangles in bondage resulting transmigration.
Attachments identification with mind is the cause of bondage of self soul. Mind being in habit of seeking happiness through sense gratification is never satisfied. Taking deep intere4st in sense gratification mind devolves upon sense objects and tries to acquire them by any means.
Lord Krishna says in Bhagwad Geeta:

Dhayayto vishiyanpunsah sangteshuupjayate I
Sangadsanjayate kamah kamatkrodhoabhijayate II

Krodhatbhavati sammoha sammohat smiritivibharamahI
Samiritirbhanshad budhinasho budhinashatparhashayatiII
(2.62-63)
Thinking about sense objects, brings attachment with sense objects, attachment breeds lust, lust results in anger which further leads to delusion, which causes loss of intellect and this leads to fall.

This real self has no distress nor does it have any happiness. Being seer it is always unaffected by the worldly duals of happiness and distress, heat and cold, desire and aversion, it is a disciplined witness looking at every happening impartially. Neither it involves in any activity nor does it tend to do that activity.
It is the mind and intellect which play havoc making use of senses and available sense objects.
The mistake of identification of this seer and real ‘I’ with outer material energy I form of body, mind, intellect, senses is the virtual cause of bondage.
The process of freedom and bondage are so simple that one can do both within a second.
De- identify your self from material nature to be free.
By identifying with outer self living entity soul invites bondage. The thinking binds you and it is again thinking which liberates self soul.
Lord Krishna again stresses in chapter 3:

Kam esh krodh esh rajogurhsamudbhavah I
Mahashano mahapapma vidhenamihh verirham II

dhumenavriyate bahniyathaadarsho malen ch I
Yathaulbenoavrito gabhastatha tenedamavritam II

Aavritam gyanameten gyanino nityaverirhah I
Kamruperh kontey dushpuerhananlen ch II (3.37-39)

Lord Krishna says: It is desire begotten of the Rajas Element, which appears as wrath, grossly wicked and insatiable, you know this the enemy.
As flame is covered by smoke, a mirror by dirt and embryo by amnion, so is the knowledge covered by it.
Arjun! Knowledge stands covered by this eternal enemy of wise man, known as desire and which is insatiable like fire.
‘Desire’ is the root cause of all troubles. It causes the wrath. A embodiment consists of five elements, ego, intellect, ten organs, mind and five objects of senses. Desire causes, longing and aversion, pleasure and pain in mind. Physical body is made of five basic elements and consciousness. Above all other factors, it is imperceptible ego which causes attachment with body. Senses are not harmful as for as their nature is concerned but it is desire to satisfy a particular urge which causes attraction and repulsion.
Desire is born out of rajas quality of nature. To fulfill one’s desire if one arranges to collect the wealth of whole world for satisfaction of person, it shall have still a desire to have more. it is not that particular sense organ is capable of performing all particular act but still an old one still desires to eat more, have bigger family, see the marriage of not only children but that of great-grand children but no end of desire in-sight. As flame is covered by smoke, the desire after desire cover the knowledge of self and self soul never liberates from this vicious bondage.
If a living human is able to get rid of this eternal element, he attains liberation while living in body. One is desirous to get things done in one’s own way?
How many of departed souls have been able to carry wealth they created by butchering their own people?
Answer is none. They were all buried or burnt empty handed. Knowing this, entire humanity is running hither or thither to fulfill desires by all means fair or foul means. So a soul wishing liberation has to shed desires and attachment and identification with mind caused by them.
Indriyarhi mano budhirasyaadhishathanamuchayte I
Eteirvimohatesh gyanamavritya dehinam II (3.40)

The senses, mind and the intellect are termed to be seat of desire; screening the light of truth; it deludes the embodied self soul.

Mind, senses and intellect are the source of desires. Desire attaining Lord, if developed with his grace, shall cause emancipation from cycle of transmigration. Where desire is for worldly object to satisfy senses, it is bondage. All desires of embodied soul when attached to sense world are for satisfying these senses which are not satied till the time of death. So this desire is to be transformed one from sense objects to self realization.

Tasmattvamindrarhadyo niyamya bharatsharabh I
Papmanam parjahye hienam gyanvigyannashanam II

Indriyarhi pararhiahuindrebhayeh param manah I
Mansastu para budhiiryo budheh partastu sah Ii

Evam budhe param bodhwa sanstabhyatmnamatmna I
Jahi shatru mahbaho kamrupam durasadam II (41- 43)


Therefore, Arjun! You must control senses etc. and win over this evil embodied which is destroyer of knowledge and its science.
The senses are stronger than body, mind is greater than senses, intellect is stronger than mind but still stronger of all these is desire.
Thus, Arjun! Knowing which higher than intellect and subduing mind with reason, kill this enemy in form of desire which is hard to over come.
Lord says that to control desire one has to control mind, senses and intellect as all the three are won over by desire born out of ego and attachment with embodiment.
Senses are stronger than body. Even if body is incapable to perform by itself, mind and intellect go on brooding on fulfillment of a particular desire. even a dying man demands particular type of food before he dies and some time it is generally heard that a particular person died only when he heard that his or her so and so son or daughter have arrived.
This is queer mixture of attachment and desire.
A desire less embodied soul shall have no such predicament at the time of departure from body because it shall see Lord Krishna in every form even at the time death and death itself as Lord
mrityuah sarvharashchahamudbhavashch bhavishyatam
Geeta (10.34)
Desire less man is free and liberated while living in body.
But due to attachment the self illuminated soul causing all alert in the whole embodiment, attaches itself with body, rather it takes the embodiment as its form and also desire as such. But if that desire is attached to lord the self of all, that now becomes cause of liberation. Detachment with body transforms into devotion to lord as there remains nothing worldly to satisfy.
See following verses of chapter 16. Lord Krishna says:

Trividham narkeasyedam dvuaram nashamatmnah I

kamah krodhahastatha lobhastasmadetat trayam tayejet II


etairvimukatah kontey tamoduvareristribhirnarah I

achartiatamanah shreyastato yati pram gatim II (16.21-22)


Lust, Anger and Greed, these are three gates of Hell which cause fall of spirit. So all these three are to be given up.

Arjun! Once freed from these three gates of hell, one acts for self realization and attains the Supreme Self.

What corrupts an eternal self soul?

Self soul, even being the reflection of Lord Krishna himself is transmigrating from one body to other with no end.

Lust or desire is the root cause. Lust leads to sense gratification, which further leads to acquisition of sense object. The desire multiplies, when one fails to acquire object, it leads to anger which is the cause of delusion, when sense objects are easily acquired, the embodied self soul desires to acquire more of it. This is greed. These three jointly cause the attachment and identification with material nature. By and by self soul is so conditioned with material nature that it does not even try to explore reality of life. Life is eternal and same. But for these three open gates leading to attachment with material nature are rightly termed as gates to hell. Lust, desire, anger and greed dominate material nature. These three are born of passion mode of nature. passion, desire, lust are so interweaved that one cannot differentiate, lust, anger and greed lead the self soul to hell of attachment with material nature, resulting self soul for his onwards travel from one womb to another.
Lord Krishna has advised self soul to detach from theses three to emancipate itself.
Free from three gates of hell lust, anger and greed, self soul tries for self realization and attains ultimate supreme self.