To show us that we must rid ourselves of all egoism, to save ourselves from suffering,the Creator brings us to a state of such unbearable misery through our environment, children, work, debts, illnesses, or family troubles, that life seems to become a burden beyond all endurance.
We perceive that this miserable condition comes about as a result of our ambitions and our attempts to attain things. Then, a singular desire awakens in us – the desire not to want anything. In other words, we no longer have any personal interests, since they bring us only suffering.
Courtesy of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc0Nlzxe9aY