DESIRE & FULFILLMENT
Sometimes I get the idea that the Source is literally just waiting to provide us with anything and everything we want and desire.
For so long I have observed and practiced the Spiritual Science of Yoga since it was the first occult practice that found me (literally, as opposed to me finding it). Since it produced results, I stuck with it. And it provided the Enlightenment I have longed for.
Only now, after years of studying and practicing do I realize that the Yogic injunctions and admonitions against ‘desire’ of any kind should be viewed only as a statement of simple fact from the perspective of the advanced yogi to their students. Desire is not such a terrible thing, though it is easy to interpret it as such from the voluminous material written about the subject by enlightened people. Without even a tiny speck of desire, the dream-spectacle called life is meaningless and even downright pointless.
The thing to keep in mind is that desires are what makes life worthwhile. Without them, we are just quietly observing and contributing little to the world, much less ourselves. And therein lies the rub. For a long time, I (and others out there, I know) have been confused as to the proper perspective we should adopt in regards to desires, especially as it pertains to the individual’s personal quest for enlightenment.
Upon reading most ancient scriptures, it is possible for even an astute reader to then regard any desire or wish as the most condemnable, forbidden goddamned thing that every existed. And why? Solely because desire in any form ‘keeps us here’ or ‘keeps us reincarnating’. Well,…“So what” I say?
The reason I say this is because it is the very nature of the universe to satisfy all desires, be they personal or impersonal. The universe does not judge us. And neither should we judge ourselves. Or rather, I will use the most precise word possible—we should not condemn ourselves for wanting something. And the scriptures themselves never mention a word about any of this. It is possible for the student to read those ancient words and then come away slightly schizophrenic.
It seems to me that the things we think we want may be viewed correctly the other way around, i.e., our seemingly personal/impersonal desires actually belong to God or Source, and not us. Perhaps it is God that wants us to satisfy these wishes, and It will keep bugging us with these desires as pricks of consciousness, as this may just be God’s way of satisfying us, enriching us, so that we can be happy and fulfilled human beings upon our eventual death.
Think about it. If we never satisfied these desires, then wouldn’t we reincarnate forever on earth, this earthly existence being the so-called ‘hell’ written about so much in history’s scriptures? What better way to end the needless cycle of reincarnation than to engage our positive desires and wishes? Get rid of them one way or the other.
The only other way of getting out of this so-called hellhole of reincarnation is to neutralize these desires, roasting them with the fire of God-consciousness in our souls by a method of God communion such as meditation or some other devotional ritual.
But then what? What does that leave us? The other beings are still suffering because we did not engage the desires to help others.
One ancient source tells us that the reason that newly enlightened beings stick around on earth is to help others who are still stuck here, to help them learn to be in Joy, and to happily receive all the blessings offered by Source that they may continue to do their chosen work while they are still ‘here’. After all, who can do their work effectively while suffering from the problem of lacking one thing or another? Let Abundance be the norm, not the exception! God provides us with what we need in order to do our work. For some these gifts may be miniscule things that suffice. For others, this may be huge gifts that still suffice.
Perhaps our desires to want to help ourselves and others should not be arbitrarily thrown away or hastily discarded as something ‘sinful’ or something to ‘burn away’ through intense devotions and rituals. After all, if we choose to stick around after Enlightenment, then doesn’t it make sense to open ourselves up to all the things that at least keep us happily doing our chosen work? Does it make sense to suffer from lack when one needs things to do a task? No.
The Source will cash any check we write, fulfill any need. Its ability to do this is endless. The Source cannot be exhausted, otherwise it would not be the Source. It refuses nothing to us. All we need to do is ask and it is given. Then just follow the signs and signals it sends to us to light our way to fulfillment, either for ourselves or others…or both, which in fact is One and the Same Thing. For we are All One.
So why not ask for the seemingly ‘big’ things. If it brings fulfillment to ourselves and others, then how can it be wrong? It our motives originate from a point of selfless assistance for others, then even if that desire requires we receive things that appear to others to be selfish, so what? The Source knows how best to accomplish our ends on behalf of our fellows.
It is a choice of the individual to be meek or be bold in such matters when wishing to do work for the benefit of others. Since they will benefit from it, so shall we in some way. And All will experience more Joy.
If this sounds like a “win-win” situation, then I agree.
