"Desire is neither right nor wrong by itself. It is nothing but striving for happiness. Having identified yourself with a speck of a body you feel lost and search desperately for the sense of fullness and completeness you call happiness." N.M.
The never-ending problem is, of course, that we seek fullness and completeness in the transient. Something might make us feel complete momentarily, such as a person, thing, belief, etc., but inevitably this sense fades with time and we move on, chasing the next chimera offering relief from this craving for happiness. We are misguided. Our conditioning from infancy onward has us seeking fulfillment outside of ourselves when, in fact, in truth, in reality, we are always already complete. Knowledge of this can start the awareness ball rolling back toward Being-Knowledge-Bliss, where we can find peace and an end to suffering, the correct view of what is real and what is false, of what is eternal and what is transient, of what is mind-stuff and what is our true nature. Meditation, mindfulness, the practice of Jnana, these are all essential in helping to reverse course and get out of our own way.
"Remove the speck and your eyes will be flooded with light. The light is there - waiting. The eyes are there - ready. The darkness you see is but the shadow of the tiny speck. Get rid of it and come back to your natural state." N.M.
Do not be afraid. The process is deconstructive, not destructive. What you think you are will slowly deconstruct. What remains is pure, radiant, all-pervasive, true.
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