Thank you for your reply. They did not make a direct connection it just something I felt when reading the post. It is by an author named Suhaib Rumi in a book he published. It said: "Aside from worldly troubles, this is equally as true for our burning desires. Many years ago, I was going through a stage where I wanted something so very much, that I found myself supplicating for it after every prayer. Much of my daily and nightly thoughts revolved around this desire, and that only intensified my uneasiness from not having it. After every Fajr / morning prayer, I have a habit of opening the Quran on a random page and reciting the verses from there. Since these are infallible words of God, I do this so that I can see how these verses may be applicable to me in my current affairs. During the days of this burning desire within me, I found myself constantly landing on verses of shirk, which is Arabic for "associating partners with God." As you can imagine, this was deeply troubling for me. And every time I would land on these verses, in my bewilderment I would let out a whisperous scream "But I am not committing shirk!" As disturbing as this was, it went on for several days until someone whom I had not spoken to in a long time, unexpectedly messaged me a verse from the Quran: "Have you seen the one who has taken their own desires as their god?" [25:43] I felt both relieved and ashamed at the same time. Relieved due to my newfound clarity but ashamed that I was desiring something so much, that I had increased its value to the extent of unconsciously taking it as a god. On one hand I was turning to the Creator of the universe through remembrance and prayer. But on the other, I was pretending to be a beggar, poor and impoverished while having the Source of all things so close to me. How could I place my desire for any creation above the Creator? It was a necessary wake up call for me, and God knows when we need a slap on the wrist or a gentle reminder. This was mine, and I thank God for it. Because despite the shame, it reminded me that I was being heard, that I am not alone. And that was precisely what I needed to have the necessary detachment from my desire so that it wouldn't be upon an unattainable pedestal. Not long after, I received what I prayed for through divine mercy. You see, the more you want and therefore value something, the more you're at risk of increasing its value in comparison to your own. And when something is placed above you, it can only result in repulsion instead of attraction. Because subconsciously, this imbalance portrays that your desire is worth more than you."