See also Emotional Matter. “Desire” is an alternate name for the Astral Plane (or Level) and likewise for the Astral (or Emotional) Body or Vehicle. But “Desire” is also one of the most fundamental of human emotions and is the qualifying adjective associated with such basic drives as Sex, Food, Money, Security, Comfort, Romance, etc. While older occult teachers taught that desire should be repressed (especially in connection with sex), such repression is both unhealthy and undesirable in terms of the Wholeness of the human person. Desire is neither good nor bad, but it is motivation and liberates and directs the energy of Life. “Control” and “Balance” keep desire in perspective.