"Desire" As The Root of Delusion

The recent posts about the Goa'uld as fictional depictions of dark egregore pointed out that the "true" philosophy is to work at the balance between light and dark. The philosophical man sort of becomes nature by matching his understanding of the world with nature's way.

What causes the delusions that prevent such an understanding in the first place? One traditional answer is "desire" so you get philosophical schools like stoicism. Desire significantly distorts that "true" view of nature and limits the scope to the needs and wants of one person or a few rather than the whole.

A pretty good rejoinder to this school of thought is: "aren't such desires, even immoderate ones, natural?"