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Desire sometimes gets a bad rap in the spiritual world. Perhaps it started with Buddha who supposedly said desire causes suffering. It has led to many teachings that imply that desires aren’t spiritual and we should strive for a desire-less state.
But desires aren’t the problem, our misperception of them is. The word ‘Desire’ actually has a deeper meaning: ‘of the sire,’ as in father or Creative Principle. Your desires are not a sign of something outside of you that you must get - they’re a sign of something inside of you trying to get out.
Even Buddha was inescapable from desire. He renounced riches and DESIRED asceticism. Hindu sages gave up worldly pleasures and roamed the forests to attain the apex of spirituality - that is desire. Muhammad desired to propagate Islam; Jesus desired to die for our sins.
That burning desire you have is something you’re pregnant with. When you understand this, you can celebrate your desires just as you would the news that you (or your significant other) are pregnant. You can nurture that idea growing within you, feeding it, strengthening it, preparing the outer space for its arrival.
Remember, The Law of Emergence isn’t some New Age gimmick, it’s the way life actually works and when we become congruent with it, our life works a lot better. The secret is to reverse your relationship with desire.
The deep desire you feel is a clue to what’s already inside trying to emerge; it’s telling you what you need to nurture. Cease from striving. Feel that baby kicking, pat your belly with a sigh of gratitude, and settle in to the process of giving birth to the next stage of your destiny.
Animals don't have desire - they can't specify that they want this or that. They have instincts. Humans have instincts like animals but desire sets human apart from animals. Sex is an instinct - for the continual for species but lust is desire. Humans have lust - animals like dolphins are known to have sex to not only reproduce but as an enjoyment. Instinct is a tiger knowing that it is not made to eat grass. Desire is a non vegetarian person deciding to go vegetarian. But, domesticated animals, particularly pampered pets show desire. A family dog, for example would prefer the comfort of a plush couch than his kennel. This is a direct result of human companionship. So, it can be inferred that desire can be cultivated but not destroyed.
Desire is crucial to human life. If it wasn't for desire driven efforts, computers wouldn't have been invented, satellites wouldn't have made it into outer space, Internet would never been created and you will not be reading this.
Desire can cause great accomplishments and great devastation so desire with discretion.
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