It is said that Desires are what that make a man
miserable. Some other saint said, that it is NOT the desire but the
slavery of the desire that does not allow us to advance. But even to "not
to have desires" or trying to achieve "a desireless state"
is also a desire. How to solve this problem? This question has been
troubling me for several years now and constantly working at the back of my
mind.
I attempt to share the understanding that is
revealed to me. One answer that occurred to me was to desire a
desireless state is really NOT a desire but an act of restoration to our
original state from where we come. And it is NOT a selfish act but an act of
dharma or duty that we go back to our original state. Another answer that
occurred to me was perhaps that it is the only desire that removes all other
desires to get back to our Origin or the Purest State.
In tune with this, I found a Teaching that says,
desires are of two types - Needs and Wants; that Needs are fundamental and
basic to our existence and Wants are creations of human beings.
And so the FIRST STEP is to reduce Wants to
Needs; and the SECOND STEP is to reduce NEEDs also to as minimum as possible
all in a Conscious manner. This is Spirituality. This takes us to the State of
Purity that we really belong.
The level acceptance determines one's position
in the Evolutionary ladder. We can see such people around us very much and so
it is very much a POSSIBILITY. This is the only way and an Universal way
when adopted can give human being progressively a refined life.
This is the way to Conscious Evolution.
My prayers that every human being is blessed
with such a life so that the World becomes a better place to live in.
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