Desire and Thinking
by Atman Nityananda
THINKING PRECEDES ACTION &
DESIRE precedes THINKING
So the root cause of almost constant, thinking, agitation, identification, extroversion and distraction is desire.
And as Eckhart Tolle said, impatience is wanting (desiring) to be in the next moment while one is here.
Everything (thoughts, fantasies, emotions, actions) arises from desire which is insatiable and is rarely content with what is and what is happening here and now.
That is why in all the great spiritual traditions the absence of desire (through its elimination by practice ) is considered the state of Liberation and Self-Realization.
And finally, I clarify that desire is the essential nature of the Ego or egoic Self.
Therefore, by dissolving desire we dissolve the Ego.
The ‘secret’ to a plentiful life, a life of harmony, happiness and contentment is to have a sattvic mind free from desires and ego and to live in every moment in conscious contact with our true Self (Consciousness).
🌺 Peace, Love, Harmony
atmannityanada 