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Desire and energy are the
raw materia of creation/Creation.
There is nothing wrong with desire. It is simply part of
our birthright as a creative being. Desires become intentions
when we choose to get what we desire. The issue with desire is that
it often does not give rise to a
clear intention and we need to understand why do we desire what
we do.
When we have a way of being in the world, including a way of
thinking and believing that appears to be giving us what we need to
feel fulfilled, we desire nothing. Only when we are living in a way
that a need somewhere within our being is not satisfied do we
desire. If we are trying to create something, we have a desire to be
meet and that desire arises from a real or perceived need to be
fulfilled. The question we need to ask is, “Why do I desire what I
do - what need within my being is not being fulfilled such that I
desire something?”
In looking at this question, it is important to realize that what we
desire is mind’s interpretation of the need that is not being met.
We cannot assume that mind’s interpretation is necessarily correct.
In the same way
mind can be expected to improperly characterize the energy
behind
intuitive guidance, mind may or may not adequately understand
what need is not being fulfilled. We assume our mind understands
what we need but that may not be the case. Often we go after what we
think we desire only to find what we were seeking and obtain does
not fully satisfy our need.
What needs to be understood is the feeling, which goes with what we
need, will not change and can only be met when adequately fulfilled
or addressed. Hunger, what gives rise to the desire for something to
eat, feels different from fatigue which gives rise for the desire to
rest. Eating does not fulfill the need for rest nor does rest
fulfill the need for hunger. Often in very young children these two
get confused until the child gains sufficient experience to realize
how food and rest satisfy or don’t satisfy the particular feeling
they have.
The same is true for deeper level needs within our being. We cannot
assume
mind adequately understands what we feel. Each need has a unique
feeling but until mind gains sufficient experience, that
minimum set of experience to properly characterize what it is
experiencing, it may not be able to adequate distinguish the
difference between the feelings of our needs. Only when mind gets
what it desired and finds itself unfulfilled does mind realize it
did not properly characterize the feeling. Often mind is puzzled by
the fact it gets what it desires yet remains unfulfilled. However,
if we can learn to focus our awareness to become aware of what we
feel and what is giving rise to the desire, that is, to look behind
the desire, we can learn to sense the subtly between the needs we
have. In doing so, we will have fewer false starts in creating what
we need to feel fulfilled and meeting the true need.
Related topics
Raw material of creation/Creation
Holding focus - keeping the end in mind
Clear intention
To set an intention
How we create the experiences we have
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