When speaking of desire, behind abuse is power, behind power is distortion, behind distortion is repression. Abuse of self externalizes itself to abuse of the other. Desire must therefore be directed towards noble ends outside of the self or it will distort the self into a caustic relation at the expense of the other. Repression of desire therefore creates a relation in which the love of God is impossible.
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