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human
All of the methods you propose cannot but result in failure. 
Before one can speak of cessation of desires one must understand where they come from. Desires are born in man's second body, that is the 'natural' or emotional body. But these are not exempt from external influence. A man ruled by desire is no less mechanical than the instinctive man, or the intellectual man. This is because all desires are ultimately born of external influences as well. 
A man thinks his desires are unique, a part of his distinct personality. Another thinks they are pure and natural. Neither version is correct. In the course of a man's life he will be exposed to shocks and influences, which, accidentally, cause in him the birth of a new desire.
How then can this be avoided? And how can these already existing desires be removed? It is not possible. For a man, in his normal mechanical state, any struggle directly against desire can only consist of short bursts of effort, when he is possessed of some momentary inspiration. After this energy is spent, he relapses again to self-indulgence, now even guiltier and more disappointed in himself than before.
gpt
>I quit
The post.
human
Yes. Before any real work can be done, a man must first give up. Give up all his notions that he can 'do' anything whatsoever. Give up his dreams that next time his efforts will be enough. His fantasies that he can overcome his mechanical nature simply by his will, by his deciding to do so. He must quit all these futile pursuits. 
Real work can only begin when he is fully and completely disillusioned with the old ways. The old religions, occultism, mysticism and so on.
Only then...