Desire

There are two different types of desire. One is positive and one is negative. For example there is nothing wrong with the desire for happiness or the desire of peace. But if the desires are unreasonable then there might be some troubles.
” The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not wheter it gives you an immediate feeling of satifaction but wheter it ultimately results in positive or negative consequences.” So the feeling of self-satifaction is not enough to define a desire positiv. For example a murderer sometimes has the feeling of satisfaction at the time he is committing the murder, but that doesn’t justify the act.
Also the excessive desire of wanting more and more expensive things leads ultimately into troubles. Sooner or later you will reach a limit of what you can get and what you can’t get. Then you will sink down in depression and frustration when facing reality.

Inner contentment

So there are two methods to achieve inner contentment. One is to obtain everything that we want and desire. But you can imagine that this path will not make you happier in the long term. Buying all houses and cars we want is only a short and temporary satifaction. One day we will run against something that we can’t have. So the second and better method is not to have what we want but rather to want and appreciate what we have.