Dear Integral Meditators,
These days I enjoy my desires a lot, but I didn’t always do so, because they have the power to make me so uncomfortable. The article below explores how you can mindfully explore the challenge of your desires; how to become more comfortable with them and start to tap their potential.
In the spirit of clarity around desire,
Toby
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Wanting both excitement and security,
When I was being trained as a monk, the received wisdom seem to suggest that the solution to this was to simply give up desire, which can give rise to a certain amount of inner peace, but it also feels like a bit of a cop-out. To give up desires for temporary periods can be very healthy, but to give them up altogether is surely an avoidance of both our responsibilities, and much of the meaning and pleasure of a human life.
Another way is to be mindful that each of our desires has a challenge associated with it, and to open to that challenge.
Choose and commit consciously to the desire that you truly want. Accept the challenge and burden that comes with it. Enjoy both.
© Toby Ouvry 2014, you are welcome to use or share this article, but please cite Toby as the source and include reference to his website www.tobyouvry.com