Getting everything you want is not what you want

[AION]

It will truly uproot everything. Getting everything you want can seem like the goal until you realize that much of what you “want” was built on coping, ego, or old wounds. If all those desires were suddenly fulfilled, it could rip away the structures you’ve built your identity around. You’d have to face a kind of death: the death of the self you thought you were. Because maybe what we really want isn't "everything" it's peace, meaning, growth, connection. And ironically, those often come through not getting what we want... or through transforming what we want altogether. ❤️‍🔥 Most people will never reach to get everything they want or the opposite getting nothing they want; you have to reach one of the two extremes for the ego to get in a crises. Most people linger between the two extremes and they never reach that transformation. If you are smart, you don't even need to reach those two extremes (getting everything versus getting nothing in life), through insight the same can happen.

Edited April 19 by AION

[Natasha Tori Maru]

40 minutes ago, AION said:

Because maybe what we really want isn't "everything" it's peace, meaning, growth, connection. 

I find many parallels between wanting, desire and my meditation practice.

In the past, as I accomplished and satisfied desires, I often was left with a sense of emptiness.

I disliked this, so I filled it with pursuit. I then began meditation.

Accomplishing everything I want gave way to the same emptiness meditation presented.

When I sat with the emptiness, the Divine really stepped in. All stripped away so I was ready to be filled with something Else.

The trick for most: don't get caught in the loop of endless pursuit!

[Eskilon]

22 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

1 hour ago, AION said:

Because maybe what we really want isn't "everything" it's peace, meaning, growth, connection. 

I find many parallels between wanting, desire and my meditation practice.

In the past, as I accomplished and satisfied desires, I often was left with a sense of emptiness.

I disliked this, so I filled it with pursuit. I then began meditation.

Accomplishing everything I want gave way to the same emptiness meditation presented.

When I sat with the emptiness, the Divine really stepped in. All stripped away so I was ready to be filled with something Else.

The trick for most: don't get caught in the loop of endless pursuit!

Well, yeah, desire and ambition are self-deception. It will never truly fullfill nor satisfy you. But I don't judge people who have a lot of desires, this recogniton may take decades or even lifetimes to realize.

Only god can truly satisfy. The yogis have realized this to their bones, that's why they don't give two fucks about the world lol 

Edited April 19 by Eskilon