"Meditation is not a solution to any problem, it solves nothing. It simply helps you to get rid of the mind, the problem-creator. It simply helps you to slip out of the mind like a snake slips out of the old skin."
When you are desireless you will be aware; when you are aware you will be desireless. These are two aspects of the same coin - on one aspect, desirelessness; on another aspect, alertness, consciousness.