Rampant Desire
Today I sat in water that spilled on my front seat of my car from my water bottle. As I stood at work with no clothes into which to change, begging a young woman to borrow a hair dryer to being an arduous process, I felt frutration at my desire to be clothed in dry pants. As I stood burning up in the restroom with the hot air not doing the job, I invented a new machine in my mind. I realized at that moment, most good inventions come about based on need. However, many more these days are based on want...just pure desire.
In our illusion of separation from God or The Divine Spirit or Krsna or Allah or (Insert Name), we create and recreate desires that are not quite what we are looking for.
A chocolate cookie can be utterly satisfying for a moment, an instant...but just like a newly opened birthday gift, the thrill of anticipation is gone once our eyes and mouth taste the sweetness.
Many prophets throughout the ages tell us to pray for what we desire and it shall come. Few ask us to accept that our desires will never be fulfilled. But who asks us to bask in the anticipation, to revel in our needs and wants? Who asks us to make ourselves rejoice at just the wanting?
posted by tree @ 8:16 AM
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Hi,
I smelled "Allah" and here I am, your Islamic friend, or atleast who you thought was Islamic when I was praying in shower that Halloween day.
It is true that necessity was the mother of invention. But isnt it true even now? The difference is just that its not the consumers' necessity anymore.. its the vendors' necessity to come up with new ideas to stay in business.
And so here we are...
Regarding undesired desires, I think there's a dynamic equilibrium at work here. The purpose of survival is justfied in terms of what one has acquired. Come to think of it, desires are what keep us going. Imagine everybody being a pure buddhist and striving for deliverance... doesnt fit the model of this world...just like the primitive matrix designed by the architect.
Now, I am beginning to wonder if we are in fact, supposed to look for and desire for deliverance at all...
If we are, and if that is supposed to be ultimate goal of man, then the dynamic nature of the world ends.
The fundamental definition of world ---that which encompasses everyone, every feeling (+ve and -ve), every emotion , that which is both materialistic and spiritual, is flawed.
Do you think HE, up there, would let that happen?
Nothing that you dont know, but my two paise (lowest indian currency denomination) anyway.
Kedar.
The answer which you do not need to seek is in "In our illusion of separation from God or The Divine Spirit or Krsna or Allah or (Insert Name), we create and recreate desires that are not quite what we are looking for"
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