It’s a paradox for sure-to get what you want, you have to no longer want it. Only when the goal is allowed to completely drop away, and is allowed to dissolve all on its own-without any hoping, clinging or desire-only then will the thing you seek be found.
#The undistracted mind free
The tricky part is to not desire any more desiring, because that in itself is a desire.Įven the wanting to be free from wanting will block your goal. Without any desire to feed it, the ego will disappear and leave only the True Self remaining, free and clear. Without wanting anything further, and becoming perfectly content, the ego no longer has any wishes to cling to. When all wanting drops away, so then too does the ego. This is true no matter if it's in love, art, sports, science, success, spirituality, peace or war. As long as you keep seeking, you’ll never find. As long as you keep wanting, then you’ll continue to want-there will be no end.
It is desire-any desire-that tightens the grip of the ego onto the Self. The truth is, EVERY search will ultimately leave you unfulfilled-it is the very effort itself that is the barrier to realization. But it goes much deeper than simply realizing that no amount of money or jewels will ever bring happiness. In psychology this behaviour is referred to as Hedonic Adaptation, or the Hedonic Treadmill, but it typically only refers to greed and our needless desire and consumption for material goods. Desire-wanting, of any sort-only serves to propel the ego further, it fuels it, it sustains its virtual presence.Įgo and Desire (and it’s partner in crime, Aversion) are inexplicably linked, where there is one, there will be the other. This is why as soon as you get what you crave for, you immediately want more. This is why one new pair of shoes will never satisfy the “need” for more. This is why no amount of money is ever enough.
As long as you continue to want, you will never receive what you’re looking for.
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