In Hindu Mythology there is a story where gods and demons cooperates together to churn the ocean in the hope of getting precious treasures and wealth.
While they were churning the ocean, first of all a very deadly poison came out from it. Which Lord Shiva drank and after the poison many things came out from the ocean like Lakshmi (Goddess of prosperity and beauty), Goddess of wine, Moon, Rambha the nymph , White Horse, Kaustubha a jewel, Parijata the Celestial tree, Surabhi the cow of Plenty, Airavata a white elephant, Dhanus a mighty bow, Sankha a conch shell came.
But they kept on churning the ocean and in the end Divine nectar came out and as per the legend who ever drinks this nectar will become immortal.
Although this story looks like a myth but this is the story of every meditator. When we start meditation then the content from out unconscious mind starts surfacing and we have to witness many such desires which were buried deep with in our unconscious mind. These desires could be of fame, sex, power, money, vehicle or being immortal. But they come out and we have to keep on witnessing them like the gods and demons of this story who kept on churning the ocean, till the divine nectar came out.
If we persist in our meditation then in the end the divine nectar comes which signifies our real self or the realization of our true nature. Moral of story is that we have to have to dig deep in our mind and be a passive watcher of whatsoever comes from our mind. We don't need to indulge in these desires but to be a passive watcher of these desires and transform these desires into highest form of energy e.g. sex into love, hate into compassion etc
