Tara Brach Desire and Addiction (Part 1): Voices of Longing Calling You Home
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Aug 8, 2024 Desire is a fundamental aspect of life, but unfulfilled longings can lead to suffering. Mindfulness is presented as a key tool to navigate our wants and societal pressures. The conversation explores how unmet needs shape our desires and draw parallels with animal behavior. Listeners learn about the pitfalls of seeking fulfillment externally. Through self-inquiry, they’re encouraged to reflect on their deeper emotions and desires. A guided meditation offers a compassionate approach to understanding these longings.
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Wanting and Suffering
- Wanting creates discontent and keeps us from presence.
- Strong wanting, fixated on self-concern, is suffering, and when extreme, becomes addiction.
The Nature of Desire
- Desire is a natural, necessary urge for existence and manifestation, intrinsic to all life forms.
- It's the existential urge to connect materially, emotionally, and spiritually.
The Goldfish Analogy
- Two goldfish illustrate how wanting fixates on substitutes.
- One desires a fishbowl, despite already being in the vast ocean, representing our tendency to chase illusions.