The Lure of Want

Don’t let the different consequences of want lull you into the sleep of unconsciousness because all want leads to bondage in one form or another regardless of what’s wanted…

If there’s always something to want, it’s because you don’t think you have enough, and if you don’t think you have enough, you will always think there is something you want. Want isn’t something that’s inherently bad, why one wants is where issues arise, and this is only because where there is want it’s because you think something is missing. What is wanted only matters to the degree in how the thing wanted affects your life. Wanting to drink alcohol and do drugs have consequences much different than wanting to go to a program to stop using those things. But the wants core is the same, and that’s what needs to be looked at. Don’t let the different consequences of wanting lull you into the sleep of unconsciousness because all want leads to bondage in one form or another, and as stated this includes all wanting.

You might say that’s not true, that wanting to better yourself is a good thing, but that would mean you need things to be different to accept yourself. Accepting life exactly how it is is the only place one will experience the peace of not wanting things different. I’m not saying don’t better yourself, but if it’s at the expense of your peace of mind, what good is it. I often say go for the gold, just understand even if it’s attained you will find it’s not providing the satisfaction you thought it would; shortly afterwards another want will arise. Investigate this and see how wants cause needing, needing causes bondage, and bondage causes suffering. Break free from want and inevitably you just may stop suffering…