LOVE OR LUST; APPETITE OR CRAVING?
Appetite is known in all traditions to be the sign of good health and appreciation of life. Unfortunately, a lot of people are afraid of their appetite because they mistake a desire for certain foods for craving. Also, in a civilization of plenty and temptations where diets rule, appetite has become in many a household synonym of sin. The desire for food, a desire rising up from the deep, has also been associated with the desire of the flesh, the desire for sex and the sin of lust. In my opinion, there is a need in our minds to differentiate between appetite and cravings, which have the same relation to each other as love and lust. Our inability to differentiate between them leads us to the unfortunate mistake of taking one for the other.

Love = Appetite = Good health
Lust = Cravings = Poison

Love involves, among a lot of other things, a healthy desire for sex in a fulfilling and satisfying relationship with bonding at the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. Yielding to love results in immediate improvement of health. Then, sex becomes healing. It is in fact the most potent and efficient health enhancer in the world. Cultivating our potential for love involves the ability to satisfy ourselves as well as others and radiates the healing energy developed within us toward others