You’ve heard from me that you should be detached from your goals. Of course, this is all true.
However, this should not be mistaken with being passive about your goals. Some people will read my posts, and actually try to stop wanting what they want.
But, this won’t work, either. What you want is what you want, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
That’s right, look at your goal and acknowledge that you are perfectly validated in wanting to achieve that goal. It is not bad, or unspiritual in the least.
But, we must strike a balance, between desperation—i.e., extreme attachment to the goal—and passivity.
I call this balance, persistence.
Why Goals Are Important
Let’s first have a brief discussion on the importance of goals.
I’ve been emphasizing detachment, and as I said above, I don’t want to make it seem as though you should not desire, as that is not my intention at all.
Goals are the driver behind the Universal flow.
If you will, imagine a river. It requires a downward slope. The bigger that slope, the faster and more power the river.
Now, imagine no slope whatsoever, or even an upward slope. Except for under extraordinary circumstances, such a thing would simply be impossible.
The Universal flow is that river. Your desires are the degree of the slope. The bigger the desire, the greater that decline, and the faster the flow.
However, if there is no desire, then there is nowhere for the river to go. It simply has no direction.
The Universal flow is always flowing through you, no matter how much resistance you have. Your only job, and I mean your only job, is to hold the desired manifestation in mind with a pure intention, free of resistance.
This intention will determine the direction of that Universal flow. That is the power of creation at work.
Notice how you don’t actually do the creating yourself. You simply provide the direction, and the rest is done.
But without that direction, there is simply nothing to flow towards.
You see this sometimes in very depressed people. They have no goals, and therefore feel directionless. They simply can’t find the motivation to get out of bed, or to do very much with their day, because, what’s the point? There’s no driving force behind it.
Interestingly, this can result from having absolutely no goals in life, or on the other hand, having a very strong goal, towards which you have intense resistance. I’ve seen both, and both look about the same practically speaking.
Either way, the solution is usually to set your focus on a manageable goal towards which there is little resistance.
The point is, without goals in life, there is simply nothing to keep someone motivated.
So, make peace with your goal, no matter how big or small it is.
The Trap of Desperation
Now, this is where detachment enters in.
The trap that many people fall into is that they believe they need the goal.
Remember that as the attachment to a goal increases, so does the aversion. We live in a dualistic world, and you simply cannot have one extreme without the other. Light implies darkness. Good implies evil. In fact, the Tao Te Ching says:
When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
other things become bad.Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other. (Tao Te Ching, ch. 2, translated by Stephen Mitchell)
So the more you are attached to the goal, the more you are averse to the lack of it. The more you want money, the more you push away the lack of it.
And the law of attraction says, whatever you put your focus on, and respond to emotionally, will get bigger in your reality.
Therefore, as this aversion grows, so you draw that aversion into your outer reality in bigger and bigger ways.
It is only by letting go, and fully allowing, that the desired manifestation can come.
Going back to our river analogy from earlier, it is like that uphill slope. Though the desire is big, there is equally big resistance to it, which feels like desperation.
While yes, with technological means, we can make water go uphill, it takes an incredible amount of power and effort.
Similarly, while we can push through that resistance temporarily, it takes a lot of effort, and will just result in greater resistance in the end.
The Importance of Persistence
So, without a goal, you have no flow. With desperation, you might have temporary flow, but it is only going to bring disappointing results.
What is the balance?
Obviously, it is persistence.
Persistence is saying, “Yes I might have resistance to this goal, but despite this resistance, I nevertheless choose to pursue this goal.”
You see, goals are great ways of dredging up resistance.
It’s why it doesn’t work when you flippantly decide to set a huge goal, such as a million dollars overnight. You might daydream about it, but aren’t really ready or willing to deal with the resistance necessary to truly pursue that goal. In fact, if that kind of goal is far outside of your comfort zone, the resistance would likely crush you.
This is why it is important to set small, believable goals.
No matter the goal, if you don’t have it yet, it’s going to bring up some kind of resistance, and you have to be willing to deal with that.
However, persistence is that willingness to deal with whatever comes, and still choose to have this desire.
Don’t get me wrong, there are definitely instances where a near instant manifestation happens, because you had very little resistance. But, for most “big” goals, there is going to be resistance.
The question is, are you willing to nurture this manifestation? Are you willing to put your energy into it every day via your intentions?
Or, if it isn’t here in a week or two, are you just going to give up on it?
A Goal Is Like a Work of Art
The truth is, your goal is much like a work of art.
You can’t just snap your fingers and a painting be created. In fact, most artists would say that even if they could, that would take away the enjoyment.
The enjoyment of the art is in shaping it out of nothing. You have before you a blank canvas, and you must envision something new taking form, far before it becomes reality.
In fact, the artist Michelangelo said: “Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.”
Your goal is much like that statue or painting. You must take raw energy (the Universal flow), and decide what you would like to create in your reality.
Initially, you’ll see little to no evidence of it. But persistence is in seeing internally what you’d like to create, so that the Universe does the job of shaping that inner vision into outer reality.
Does an artist give up if their creation takes longer than expected? No, they stick with it to completion. They know what they want to see, and they endeavor to find the shortest path from where they are to where they want to be.
If the painter simply looked at the blank canvas, he might say, “It’s just a blank canvas. What’s the point of envisioning what I want? It can never become more than a blank canvas.”
But instead, he starts to see what he might paint upon this canvas, and as he begins to paint, his ideas take shape before him.
Your paintbrush is your practice of intending your goal the way you want it to be. It is to hold that vision of your desired reality, in the face of reality as it is now, or of your resistant thoughts about why your goal isn’t possible.
Without that persistence, your goal simply remains an idea.
It’s like those people who say how one day, they want to start a business, or write a book, or travel the world. But if you ask them why they don’t do it, they have all sorts of excuses. Their goal only becomes a “one day” goal. They aren’t willing to nurture their vision and make it reality.
You Are the Creator
I think that people are afraid to step into their true role as creator. They say, “God knows best,” or, “I can’t go against God’s will.”
But, while this might ruffle some feathers, the truth is that you are God. You get to decide the path of your river. You choose your goal, and the Universal flow makes it happen.
The ego, though it craves this kind of control, is actually afraid to wield that power. And indeed, the ego could not wield it, because the ego believes in limitation and lack.
But you, as the true Self, do hold that power, once you realize that all limitations are of the mind.
You are as free as you choose to be. You have the keys to your own chains.
Perhaps at first you begin as a small-time creator. You manifest small things that are easily believable to you. That is okay.
But as you discover the power of your own mind, you will expand in your ability to create. You will realize that your own vision is reality. You are the painter. You are the sculptor.
Imagine a painter who limited himself to only using, say, red and blue in his paintings. Of course, he wouldn’t be very happy with the result, and this really wouldn’t be sticking to his vision. It would be allowing his limitations to create for him.
Eventually he discovers he has the whole spectrum of colors at his disposal. It is completely his choice which colors he uses, when. As long as he stays true to that vision, it will take form.
You must step into your own role as creator. You must look at reality, and realize that it is not set in stone. It is simply what you have unconsciously created in the past. You must stick with your vision until it manifests, for that is what a creator does.
In Genesis 1, God spoke the word of what he wanted. He actually did not do much himself. He just decided what he wanted, and spoke the word.
It was the word (the expression of God, or the Universal flow), which went out and created. He said, “Let there be light,” and the word—the Divine expression—the Universal flow—made it so.
You must speak the word and allow the Universal flow to make it so. When I say, “speak the word”, I do not necessarily mean literally. I simply mean to set universal forces into motion by setting your intention decisively, and sticking with it. That is creation in essence.
If your subconscious beliefs challenge you, give them no more attention than the artist would give to a color he doesn’t need. If the painter doesn’t want to use red right now, he doesn’t agonize over that red paint sitting there. He simply focuses on the color he wants.
Have single-minded attention on the vision, and ignore all else that is not the vision. That will set the Universal flow in motion, and create your vision very quickly.
This is really all you need to know to create anything you want.
How About You?
Now it’s your turn. Have you been persistent with your own goals, or have you allowed them to become “one day” goals? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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This is an awesome topic! I think what trips people up about us being God is that we are not omnipresent, omniscient or omnipotent here where we are. At least not yet. The point, in part, of all these lives is to, at some point, become this and then join our Creator again. Perhaps using the word “creator”, which is really what we are and what God does, won’t trip people up. We just do not know what the future holds, what the other person will think or do, and we are not everywhere, at least not yet. Those who “see” really drop their resistance. Most oracles take psychedelics to lower resistance, or so I think, to see the future or explain what is going on in the present. However, one can take what they say and make it their reality. Alexander the Great took Pythia’s words to heart. She may have felt ambition and out of box thinking in him and told him that he is destined for greatness (at least for that time), and he fulfilled the prophecy by actually going out there and making it happen. He did not sit around at the palace dreaming. You yourself fulfill what is to be fulfilled. I hope this makes sense.
There is an Irish boxer who does just this. He declares it and it is so. Like songwriters explain, they allow the Universal flow to go through them when intending to write a song, and it comes out of them. No wonder they are so close to the Creator. Baseball player Mariano Rivera always acknowledges this in all his speeches.
We do have something called faith, the glue to all this. We have faith that things will work out as intended. Faith is also what puts our mind at ease, soothing resistance and quieting the ego.
Hey Kat,
Thanks for your comment. 🙂
Wonderful points. I agree completely.
Yes, I think these songwriters, athletes, artists, etc, experience this daily. The Universe is all about creativity.
I also agree that faith is important. Unfortunately, sometimes that’s hard to come by at first. I know when I first started with the law of attraction, I had very little faith in it. It took time to build that up. But Jesus said that even a very small amount of faith could do wonderful things, and I agree with that.
The question is, how to build faith? For me, it was just knowing that the Universe had always come through for me. Everything had always worked out, and so it was reasonable to suspect it would continue to do so.
Otherwise, that’s why I think it’s helpful to start with “small” manifestations. They don’t require very much faith, but help to realize that anything is possible.
Great post!
This is an awesome topic! I think what trips people up about us being God is that we are not omnipresent, omniscient or omnipotent here where we are. At least not yet. The point, in part, of all these lives is to, at some point, become this and then join our Creator again. Perhaps using the word “creator”, which is really what we are and what God does, won’t trip people up. We just do not know what the future holds, what the other person will think or do, and we are not everywhere, at least not yet. Those who “see” really drop their resistance. Most oracles take psychedelics to lower resistance, or so I think, to see the future or explain what is going on in the present. However, one can take what they say and make it their reality. Alexander the Great took Pythia’s words to heart. She may have felt ambition and out of box thinking in him and told him that he is destined for greatness (at least for that time), and he fulfilled the prophecy by actually going out there and making it happen. He did not sit around at the palace dreaming. You yourself fulfill what is to be fulfilled. I hope this makes sense.
There is an Irish boxer who does just this. He declares it and it is so. Like songwriters explain, they allow the Universal flow to go through them when intending to write a song, and it comes out of them. No wonder they are so close to the Creator. Baseball player Mariano Rivera always acknowledges this in all his speeches.
We do have something called faith, the glue to all this. We have faith that things will work out as intended. Faith is also what puts our mind at ease, soothing resistance and quieting the ego.
Hey Kat,
Thanks for your comment. 🙂
Wonderful points. I agree completely.
Yes, I think these songwriters, athletes, artists, etc, experience this daily. The Universe is all about creativity.
I also agree that faith is important. Unfortunately, sometimes that’s hard to come by at first. I know when I first started with the law of attraction, I had very little faith in it. It took time to build that up. But Jesus said that even a very small amount of faith could do wonderful things, and I agree with that.
The question is, how to build faith? For me, it was just knowing that the Universe had always come through for me. Everything had always worked out, and so it was reasonable to suspect it would continue to do so.
Otherwise, that’s why I think it’s helpful to start with “small” manifestations. They don’t require very much faith, but help to realize that anything is possible.
Great post!
Thank you for this post Brandon. This is the trickiest part of manifestation process. I think there is very thin line between attachment and detachment. You explained it so well. Thank you.
Hey Rhea,
Thanks so much. I really appreciate the comment. 🙂
Yes, there is a very fine line. It is difficult to differentiate sometimes, and not go too far in either direction. Detachment doesn’t mean passivity, and that’s hard to communicate.
I’m glad you enjoyed the post. 🙂
Thank you for this post Brandon. This is the trickiest part of manifestation process. I think there is very thin line between attachment and detachment. You explained it so well. Thank you.
Hey Rhea,
Thanks so much. I really appreciate the comment. 🙂
Yes, there is a very fine line. It is difficult to differentiate sometimes, and not go too far in either direction. Detachment doesn’t mean passivity, and that’s hard to communicate.
I’m glad you enjoyed the post. 🙂
Brandon, what about when you can’t feel desire for anything? When thinking about previously pleasurable activities (or even new ones) creates no feelings.
Does such a situation mean resistance is still active? If so, how to shift serious resistance like that?
Hi CJ,
Thanks for your comment. 🙂
It really depends on the specific desire. Sometimes, you really might want it, but subconsciously feel it is too far-fetched, and so lose desire as sort of a defensive mechanism.
Other times, you just move on, and haven’t found a desire to take its place.
I’d say two things to this:
1. Start with something small. It doesn’t have to be your grand purpose in life or anything. Just something like, what’d you like to do this weekend? Or, is there anything at all that strikes you as worth pursuing, no matter how small?
2. Simply ask your subconscious. It’ll answer any and all questions. So just ask yourself, “What would I like to have or do?” And allow the answer to come. Within the next day or so, you’ll likely think of something that would be a fun goal for you.
Once you find a small goal, then you can increase it to a slightly bigger one, and so forth. But find at least something small for now.
“…and so lose desire as sort of a defensive mechanism”.
That makes sense. I’ll try those two steps,thanks very much.
No problem. If you’re around tonight in about 30 minutes (8:30 Eastern), feel free to join the LOA support call. Number is (720) 820-1267, or you can connect online at http://www.darkascent.org/go/conference/
I think you’d enjoy it.
Thanks for the offer. Unfortunately it’s not possible. Do you record any of these so that I can download later?
Yes, just sign up for the free membership. Go to http://www.darkascent.org/join-library/
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Brandon, what about when you can’t feel desire for anything? When thinking about previously pleasurable activities (or even new ones) creates no feelings.
Does such a situation mean resistance is still active? If so, how to shift serious resistance like that?
Hi CJ,
Thanks for your comment. 🙂
It really depends on the specific desire. Sometimes, you really might want it, but subconsciously feel it is too far-fetched, and so lose desire as sort of a defensive mechanism.
Other times, you just move on, and haven’t found a desire to take its place.
I’d say two things to this:
1. Start with something small. It doesn’t have to be your grand purpose in life or anything. Just something like, what’d you like to do this weekend? Or, is there anything at all that strikes you as worth pursuing, no matter how small?
2. Simply ask your subconscious. It’ll answer any and all questions. So just ask yourself, “What would I like to have or do?” And allow the answer to come. Within the next day or so, you’ll likely think of something that would be a fun goal for you.
Once you find a small goal, then you can increase it to a slightly bigger one, and so forth. But find at least something small for now.
“…and so lose desire as sort of a defensive mechanism”.
That makes sense. I’ll try those two steps,thanks very much.
No problem. If you’re around tonight in about 30 minutes (8:30 Eastern), feel free to join the LOA support call. Number is (720) 820-1267, or you can connect online at http://www.darkascent.org/go/conference/
I think you’d enjoy it.
Thanks for the offer. Unfortunately it’s not possible. Do you record any of these so that I can download later?
Yes, just sign up for the free membership. Go to http://www.darkascent.org/join-library/
Recordings are sent every Wednesday.
Nice piece Brandon!
I was thinking today about how when we surrender and let go, we are in a sense “giving it up to God”, but that expression has never jived with me since we ARE God. So, I wonder, when we do let go and trust within, and that’s where conscious manifestation happens, what we are really doing, is aligning with ourselves.
You brought up Karma Yoga to me recently in another post and it’s something I had studied previously, but I wonder where the line is between duality and non-duality with “letting go and let god”.
and maybe a better way to phrase it is……when we are trusting within….what or who are we putting our trust in?
Hey Derek,
Great comments. 🙂
It’s a good question. I was actually going to do a post on this soon, probably next week.
Basically, you have two choices of how to live: from ego, or from the Self.
When you’re trying to figure things out and make them happen, you’re living from the ego, and things just don’t work out when you do that. The ego doesn’t have the big picture. It doesn’t know how to get from point A to point B, though it thinks it does. 😛
When you “let go” and “trust” or “surrender”, you’re really just letting go of ego and entering the true Self, or the Universal Self. You’re allowing your greater Self to work out the details. You’re simply setting the intention in your mind, and letting the Universe, which of course is your greater Self, do the rest.
So egoic living is dualistic living. It believes that things can go wrong, or that desires are needed for happiness.
Living from the Self, or trusting/surrendering, is non-dualistic living. It’s lightly setting the intention, and letting the Universal flow do the rest.
Hope that makes sense. 🙂
Nice piece Brandon!
I was thinking today about how when we surrender and let go, we are in a sense “giving it up to God”, but that expression has never jived with me since we ARE God. So, I wonder, when we do let go and trust within, and that’s where conscious manifestation happens, what we are really doing, is aligning with ourselves.
You brought up Karma Yoga to me recently in another post and it’s something I had studied previously, but I wonder where the line is between duality and non-duality with “letting go and let god”.
and maybe a better way to phrase it is……when we are trusting within….what or who are we putting our trust in?
Hey Derek,
Great comments. 🙂
It’s a good question. I was actually going to do a post on this soon, probably next week.
Basically, you have two choices of how to live: from ego, or from the Self.
When you’re trying to figure things out and make them happen, you’re living from the ego, and things just don’t work out when you do that. The ego doesn’t have the big picture. It doesn’t know how to get from point A to point B, though it thinks it does. 😛
When you “let go” and “trust” or “surrender”, you’re really just letting go of ego and entering the true Self, or the Universal Self. You’re allowing your greater Self to work out the details. You’re simply setting the intention in your mind, and letting the Universe, which of course is your greater Self, do the rest.
So egoic living is dualistic living. It believes that things can go wrong, or that desires are needed for happiness.
Living from the Self, or trusting/surrendering, is non-dualistic living. It’s lightly setting the intention, and letting the Universal flow do the rest.
Hope that makes sense. 🙂
Nice, yes, resonates deeply!
How can a desire not create attachment when desires are all about ego enhancement?
Example-. I want money/relationship/job/whatever. Why? Obviously to enhance my ego. And yet I have to somehow remove my ego from the equation? The ego IS the desire – it’s the same energy!
Hi CJ,
Correct. As long as ego is part of the desire, you will struggle to manifest it.
The desire must come from the simple, light intention of playfulness. Not for happiness, not for something you believe you’re missing.
It is possible to have a non-egoic desire, but people don’t often know what that looks like.
See the true Self post for what it looks like to live without ego.
“The desire must come from the simple, light intention of playfulness. Not for happiness, not for something you believe you’re missing”.
But the very definition of desire is lack.
“I want this” = “I lack this”. Desire cannot exist without lack. And lack = ego = fear = attachment.
Even if we look at Nature, a flower pushes its way up towards the sun because it lacks it. It cannot be healthy without it. If such a plant had a mind, the mind would be saying “holy shit, I’m going to die if I don’t get sunlight soon….panic…. push, work, struggle, desire”.
I know that’s the way it looks to you, regarding the flower, but I don’t see it that way at all. I see it as the flower inherently knowing the Sun is good for it, and so it grows in that direction. It is not struggle. It is not lack. Nature shows great abundance.
Yes, desire implies lack. That’s why desire is really not such a great term. A while back, I experimented using the word “preference” instead of desire. Indeed, if it is an ego desire, it will only create suffering for you. You must get to the point of detached preference, where it’d be great to have, but is not at all necessary. It is a very fine balance, and isn’t always easy to find.
But once again, the word preference implies judgment. The very moment I prefer warm weather, I have judged against cold weather. Preference brings the ego-mind into play, right from the start.
The only solution I can see is that if desire *is* the path, and lack/egohood is our basic reality here on earth. I used to think of desire and fear as opposite sides of the same coin, but I think that might be an error. Desire might be one of the purest energies for growth we have. Maybe our whole focus should be on “I want”.
Just to realize where we really are – “I need”, “I want”, “I am the ego”, “I am desire”.
If you dissolve duality then there’s absolutely no need for desires – they are meaningless, flimsy, energy-sucking things. So why do you encourage people to be persistent with their desires?
Because your definition of a desire, and my definition of a desire, are not the same thing at all.
You are defining desire from an ego standpoint. That’s okay, at first. Most people do.
But, that’s where most people run into trouble with the law of attraction. They come to it with an ego desire, and, the Universe isn’t having any of it. Not because it doesn’t want them to be happy, but because part of the fabric of an ego desire is, as you say, lack.
I’m talking about a desire that stems from the Self. I’ve outlined that difference both in posts which I’ve linked you to, as well as in my analogies of the billionaire, and the sunrise.
This desire is much softer, much lighter, much more playful than egoic desires. Egoic desires say, “I need this thing in order to be complete.” Self desires say, “This is fun!”
I think it is hard for you to grasp this because you seem to be in a place in life where you see only egoic desires. I’m guessing this from your previous comments. It is hard to imagine a non-egoic desire. That’s true for most people.
But, it is definitely possible.
My goal is to have people convert their major egoic desires into Self desires. Otherwise, the LOA simply won’t give them what they want.
ok thanks. I think I was using the word ‘desire’ to mean ‘attachment to desire’, because I am so used to one triggering the other.
So it’s about maintaining a sort of abundance mindset? An expectancy of abundance?
Maybe I could act as if I am a person already in abundance. Fake it til you make it sort of thing.
How can a desire not create attachment when desires are all about ego enhancement?
Example-. I want money/relationship/job/whatever. Why? Obviously to enhance my ego. And yet I have to somehow remove my ego from the equation? The ego IS the desire – it’s the same energy!
Hi CJ,
Correct. As long as ego is part of the desire, you will struggle to manifest it.
The desire must come from the simple, light intention of playfulness. Not for happiness, not for something you believe you’re missing.
It is possible to have a non-egoic desire, but people don’t often know what that looks like.
See the true Self post for what it looks like to live without ego.
“The desire must come from the simple, light intention of playfulness. Not for happiness, not for something you believe you’re missing”.
But the very definition of desire is lack.
“I want this” = “I lack this”. Desire cannot exist without lack. And lack = ego = fear = attachment.
Even if we look at Nature, a flower pushes its way up towards the sun because it lacks it. It cannot be healthy without it. If such a plant had a mind, the mind would be saying “holy shit, I’m going to die if I don’t get sunlight soon….panic…. push, work, struggle, desire”.
I know that’s the way it looks to you, regarding the flower, but I don’t see it that way at all. I see it as the flower inherently knowing the Sun is good for it, and so it grows in that direction. It is not struggle. It is not lack. Nature shows great abundance.
Yes, desire implies lack. That’s why desire is really not such a great term. A while back, I experimented using the word “preference” instead of desire. Indeed, if it is an ego desire, it will only create suffering for you. You must get to the point of detached preference, where it’d be great to have, but is not at all necessary. It is a very fine balance, and isn’t always easy to find.
But once again, the word preference implies judgment. The very moment I prefer warm weather, I have judged against cold weather. Preference brings the ego-mind into play, right from the start.
The only solution I can see is that if desire *is* the path, and lack/egohood is our basic reality here on earth. I used to think of desire and fear as opposite sides of the same coin, but I think that might be an error. Desire might be one of the purest energies for growth we have. Maybe our whole focus should be on “I want”.
Just to realize where we really are – “I need”, “I want”, “I am the ego”, “I am desire”.
Hi CJ,
No, you are not the ego. You are not desire. This is the basic illusion of this world, which causes suffering.
Again, this is hard, if not impossible, to explain with words.
You are seeing it in a dualistic light. The truth is, as long as you include the duality of desire, you will get both the good and the bad. One cannot be had without the other.
You have to dissolve the duality, which I’ll be discussing in my upcoming class. Once you dissolve the duality, you enter the state of pure having.
It’s like this. Imagine that you’re a billionaire. Now imagine that as a billionaire, you receive another $10,000. What’s that $10,000 to you? You’re glad to have it, but you certainly don’t need it. It won’t make you anymore of who you already are as a billionaire. In fact, that $10,000 makes up only 0.001% of your net worth.
But, it’s nice to have. It’s a preference. It’s not a need, not a must, not a lacking sort of feeling. You won’t suffer without it.
Does that make sense?
The Sun will rise tomorrow. You have no desire either way, but perhaps you look forward to it. It’s a nice experience. It’s detached, but fun.
PS. it would be easier if your blog had a list of the most recent 20 posts, with links. some way of checking if replies have occurred. The navigation aspect is difficult.
Hi CJ,
If you go here, you’ll see a paginated list of all posts. Is this what you wanted?
Thanks, not really. Replies get embedded in old posts. So it’s hard to see what’s new. Not a huge problem… I’ll cope!
If you dissolve duality then there’s absolutely no need for desires – they are meaningless, flimsy, energy-sucking things. So why do you encourage people to be persistent with their desires?
Because your definition of a desire, and my definition of a desire, are not the same thing at all.
You are defining desire from an ego standpoint. That’s okay, at first. Most people do.
But, that’s where most people run into trouble with the law of attraction. They come to it with an ego desire, and, the Universe isn’t having any of it. Not because it doesn’t want them to be happy, but because part of the fabric of an ego desire is, as you say, lack.
I’m talking about a desire that stems from the Self. I’ve outlined that difference both in posts which I’ve linked you to, as well as in my analogies of the billionaire, and the sunrise.
This desire is much softer, much lighter, much more playful than egoic desires. Egoic desires say, “I need this thing in order to be complete.” Self desires say, “This is fun!”
I think it is hard for you to grasp this because you seem to be in a place in life where you see only egoic desires. I’m guessing this from your previous comments. It is hard to imagine a non-egoic desire. That’s true for most people.
But, it is definitely possible.
My goal is to have people convert their major egoic desires into Self desires. Otherwise, the LOA simply won’t give them what they want.
ok thanks. I think I was using the word ‘desire’ to mean ‘attachment to desire’, because I am so used to one triggering the other.
So it’s about maintaining a sort of abundance mindset? An expectancy of abundance?
Maybe I could act as if I am a person already in abundance. Fake it til you make it sort of thing.
Very awesome and inspiring post, I understood every word, thanks Brandon! You write eloquently
Thanks, Indigo. 🙂 I appreciate that.
Very awesome and inspiring post, I understood every word, thanks Brandon! You write eloquently
Thanks, Indigo. 🙂 I appreciate that.
hey brandon,
i have a clarification : how do i know if in the moment right now, im being desperate or im actually just being persistent?
I didnt get much clarity about that.
please help 🙂
hey brandon,
i have a clarification : how do i know if in the moment right now, im being desperate or im actually just being persistent?
I didnt get much clarity about that.
please help 🙂