The second deadly sin is LUST: “An intense desire, usually for sexual pleasure, but also for money, power or fame. ‘The God of promises always warned man against seduction by what from the beginning has seemed “good for food … a delight to the eyes … to be desired to make one wise.”‘” What is Creator’s perspective?

Here is wisdom in taking all things in moderation. Where lust is described as an excess desire for personal pleasure, that indeed can take many forms and act through many strategies. This brings up a very important principle that is a general rule of thumb for living in divine alignment, which is that everything in the universe is designed to be in a kind of balance, and when one engages in wrongdoing they are throwing the universe out of balance if only to a small degree. That will always have consequences and it will always be noticed by the Law of Karma, to demand a correction, eventually. Here as well the ego is a dangerous ally, because it will be tempted to allow indulgence and lustful feelings and agendas, simply because the ego wants to serve and protect the self and will respond to and be eager for rewards, and that can serve as further fuel for self-indulgence and growth in power of the ego to become arrogant, demanding, and even manipulative, to prey on others, in response to a lustful desire. Whether the pleasure is physical or attainment of power and control, such feelings can become quite tempting because humans have many characteristics and capabilities, and inner instincts and ways of experiencing things, that have built-in means of experiencing pleasure in some way or another. This is why food tastes good, why the eye, seeing a member of the opposite sex, might become aroused with sexual feelings even beyond the appreciation of a beautiful form and appearance. These all serve the person in many ways because life is intended to be pleasurable and rewarding, and there need to be rewards along the way to keep you going, a system of incentives to keep up a search for something greater, goals to aim for, and the awareness one must keep at it on the way to attaining those goals. So incentives that serve as rewards can be not only beneficial to assist the process of growth and learning but are, in a sense, the point of the exercise. They, in a way, close the loop because life is a series of progressions, a series of short-term goals and intentions leading to a sense of accomplishment and completion before tackling the next step. But always, in building to something, having enjoyment along the way, even in the form of entertainment, is important and helps refresh and renew the spirit. And, if done in moderation and not to excess, will not become perhaps an obsession and then a compulsion to trap people in a self-indulgence that will keep them trapped and halt their progress through the illusion they have all they need even though they are selling themselves short.