Desire

One of the most important pieces of knowledge I have come across on my journey of life, or at least during the pivotal two major years of discovery of sophomore and junior years of college was something that I got off of a small day by day Zen wisdom calendar; which is that to completely rid oneself of desire is the Way. That was the quote for ash Wednesday that year, and it fit quite well, definitely God- driven, not that there is anything that isn’t. Well I always had a hard time putting into words exactly what being free of desire means, but always knew internally. Yesterday I came up with an explanation that seems to accurately fit what it means in full. “Desire,” as described here means the egotistical urges of the mind and body. Excluded from this concept of desire are the things that are necessary for life as well as the dreams coveted most deeply in one’s heart.