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Originally Posted by Jack  Thanks for your answers...
"Books on Non duality focus on letting go of desire and accepting what is. There is nothing more needed - no more time spent creating vision boards, no more time spent in visualizing what you want to manifest etc. The focus is on identifying your true nature. You wont find any books on Vedas/Upanishads that focus on creating material wealth in your life."
I totaly agree.Books on nonduality focus on letting go of desire and accepting what is,but isn't wanting to let go of desire and want to accept what is,isn't this a desire too?I think there is a always desire,even wanting to be desireless is a desire,isn't it? |
Pursuing a desire to be desireless sounds like a paradox, ha? I think this is a mixing up of two points of view that makes it a paradox and by using our either/or thinking. From the ego you desire to be desireless because you are thinking it will bring you something better. That is judgement thinking and putting a heirachy on the path to being whole - that to be more whole is better. But from the unity point of view, that you are heading to, you are not desiring - you are becoming more whole or connected and whne you do that state doesn't look back and say unity is better that individualization. The desires that are to be ditched are the ego's clinging to addictions (which is pretty much what ego is - addiction). The ego can desire to follow a path that other people have used to approach enlightenment. And sure that can be a desire to be desireless. As one gives up on the ego, you also have less desires although the individual can still operate and do things that provide less clinging. Want to be desireless but don't insist on it.
"Accepting what is and letting go of desire" is to say don't fight what you can't change (accepting) and no need to insist in wanting but it's ok to want something as long as it brings less addiction/ego to you and brings you closer to oneness.