Composition of desire
by Atman Nityananda / fcb
Desire is the essential nature of the Ego and has three fundamental characteristics:
Dissatisfaction, projection, imagination
Desire by nature is never satisfied. Creates almost constantly a compulsion to experience pleasant sensations and pleasure; to experience again and again the same or similar stimulus and pleasures.
After a while (depends on various factors) the ego (as desire) is bored of an object and seeks a new one which can be more satisfactory. That’s why humans easily change partners, there are so many sexual perversions and so many kinds of food recipes. The same happens with clothes and other personal objects.
In summary the desirous-ego wants more-better-different kinds of objects and pleasures.
Only the moments we enjoy the object of desire (or a little more) the impulse of desire subsides and permit us live for a while focused on the present although identified with the object, pleasant sensations and the pleasure.
We also.exleriemce to some degree the fullnes and leace of our essential divine nature.
Desire by nature projects always something in the future. Never let us live focused to what happens here and now.
Desire always seeks some pleasant object or pleasant situation to experience some kind of pleasure.
Because of this keeps our mind and heart always in motion, agitated, attached and extroverted.
Desire keeps us identified with the physical body, mind and sensory experiences and bound to the circle of pleasure and pain, dissatisfaction, lack, separation, fear and incompleteness.
That is why desire is the chief enemy of freedom peace and bliss.
CHAPTER III THE YOGA OF ACTION
The Blessed Lord said:
37. It is desire, it is anger born of the quality of Rajas, all-sinful and all-devouring; know this as the foe here -in this world.
38. As fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror by dust, and as an embryo by the amnion, so is this enveloped by that.
39. O Arjuna, wisdom is enveloped by this constant enemy of the wise in the form of desire, which is unappeasable as fire!
40. The senses, mind and intellect are said to be its seat; through these it deludes the embodied by veiling his wisdom.
41. Therefore, O best of the Bharatas (Arjuna), controlling the senses first, do thou kill this sinful thing (desire), the destroyer of knowledge and realisation!
42. They say that the senses are superior (to the body); superior to the senses is the mind; superior to the mind is the intellect; and one who is superior even to the intellect is He—the Self.
43. Thus, knowing Him who is superior to the intellect and restraining the self by the Self, slay thou, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the enemy in the form of desire, hard to conquer!
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 