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For me, the biggest lesson from Buddhism was to always be ready to let go. The Venerable Ajahn Chah called this ‘the mind of letting go’. It is not about renouncing or forcefully pushing things away, but instead learning to just let things drop away when they are ready.

You will find that for example the habit of collecting, or the desire for alcohol, slowly start to vanish as you take in more solitude and it becomes clear to you that life without cravings is more peaceful and joyous. Then when these old habits begin to become less, just let them fall away.

Then, as time passes, you find yourself with less and less craving, fewer habits.

Hunger is but a part of, a condition, we all possess.
It is neither good nor bad.
Allowing the hunger to become the the controlling condition, the basic "world", the base from which one sees, lives one's life, is negative (bad).
Understanding that Hunger is but a part, an element within us over which we have control, enables us to overcome, to not be enveloped by the state of Hunger.
When talking of "eliminating desires", it really means redirecting, channeling our desires from selfish and destructive (negative) desires toward selfless and positive desires.
An example in the mundane world is in the desire for a position of influence.
Selfish hunger (desire) says, " I want that position to gain power, to get bigger, better toys, to control.
Selfless hunger (desire) as a manifestation within a higher state, says,"I want the position in order to help, to better serve or represent those who do not have such power or influence.
Thus Hunger is neither good not bad. It is what we wish to do and what we actually do with hunger that makes it something good or something bad.
A Buddha has hunger. But, that hunger (desire) is for the peace and happiness of all the people. That hunger is for the world to become a land of countless Buddhas.

Here is a long interview which talks about the giving.

Given to the Buddhist Society (started by Father Christmas Humphreys)
by Lama Yeshe, one of my Tantric meditation teachers.

"Crave or crave not, there is only try'" as Master Yoda might say...

"You're desiring not to desire"

Basically you are craving the sensation of not-craving.

Another mode to appreciate is relaxing. Thich Nhat Hanh recommended “three deep conscious breaths” in a teaching I saw not long ago, to shift into relaxed spaciousness.