This Area of Life defines what we seek for temporal fulfillment and happiness.  In the Far East there is an adage:  

“Treat your desire nature as you would a cobra.  Give the cobra a milk, make it happy, but don’t trust it.” We should use the same approach with our desire nature.  Don’t suppress it, keep it happy, but don’t trust it.  If we suppress it our desire nature, it expresses itself in the most inappropriate ways.  The desire nature is a powerful horse which we should ride freely but which we should also consciously control, otherwise, we will be thrown off and become injured.  So, by all means, ride the horse of desire with great vigor and joyfulness, but be alert during the ride.  Make sure you are guiding the horse and not vice-versa!  Any time there is a conflict between your innermost spiritual nature and your desire nature, go with your inner nature.  It will never disappoint you.