Desire is the very essence of being human. We long for the forbidden things and then desire what is denied by us. It often challenges me to think as to what we actually want. Is it the need, passion, love, lust or mere thirst of getting what we don’t have access to. Is it the yearn for ideality in perspective of reality?
Yet the question remains that beyond simply identifying the various facets of desire how do we reconcile them? What is the whole theory behind them and how do we get over it?
The multi dimensionality of desire is often driven by a force powered by passion with aesthetic vibrations. Emotional or erotic, fleeting or consuming, need or luxury, desire has its endless variety in the past, present & future expressions. I keep wondering is it possible to solve the dynamic enigma of desire or is such a pursuit mere wishful thinking. Whatever it is, it is difficult to answer. Desires can be selfish, selfless, conscious, unconscious, forced, heart-felt, anger-driven, lustful, patient and impatient. Manhandled desires end with detraction of our ability to deliberate, solve and act rightly.
Whose desire to follow? What to desire?
According to Lord Krishna (Bhagwad Gita) desires should be judged and executed by basic moral intuition – what we call desire-less action(karma). However, when this intuition is reaches its logical conclusion, it collides with another intuition — an intuition to which we subscribe even more tenaciously. If desire obstructs one’s moral agency, then ideally one should act entirely without desire. But intentional action entails desire. Hence, desire-less action is impossible. So, I believe in the first place Do what you desire than only desire to do and make a Hamlet of yourself doing nothing.
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