That's what I find amazing about your writing is what you write on (what I also find to be very important and worthwhile writing about) and the depth of your understanding and even more so that you are sharing it here on the Steem blockchain! I have read in Dhamma texts from my husbands collection something similar and as we get older and closer to the expected lifetime age this seems even more important to grow in our understanding and to prepare for those final moments! Your writings adds clarity to this and what our life is composed of and how to become master of our own lives. Thank-you! I find it interesting how you say
Desire is the driving force in the subtle body or mind
When you come to think of it it is even that desire to breath, to take in air, desire for nourishment to support our life and it grows from there. It is that desiring and clinging that causes so much suffering in the world and I am so happy that the knowledge and wisdom for the path out of suffering has been passed down through the ages and is available to us now!
I really do appreciate you sharing these bits of wisdom that you have garnered through your studies and look forward to reading your posts!
Thank you, yes desire leads to hankering and lamenting. There is always desire in the conscious living entity, even just for breath as you say, so we cannot give up desire, simply shift it to the right place.