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Effortless Desires

By Americ Azevedo My Real Name bronze starAssistant Noozer
Published: 18 August 2008 06:43 pm
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We effortlessly desire
truth, beauty, and wisdom
because our souls are made of
truth, beauty, and wisdom.
The deep charm of meditation
is that it opens
doors to the soul.

americ azevedo, philosopher-at-large

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Dave49000 - Aug 18, 2008 10:15 pmeye
Effortless would be subconscious, or conscious pre-linguistic. Putting a word to the thought requires an effort. The quiet mind does not desire.
Americ Azevedo - Aug 19, 2008 5:04 ameye
the quiet mind, perhaps, can still move with the river of life. stillness with respect with where you are.
Dave49000 - Aug 19, 2008 11:47 ameye
As a person that has lived at Maslow's survival level for a long time, I know that in that state of mind, I'm not looking truth, beauty, or wisdom. I'm looking for my next dollar. Only when I have too many dollars, or I'm beyond the reach of the survival struggle, do I drift to those pursuits. I must be beyond the struggle quite often, because I fill up my days with pursuits, at least until my mind is mush.
Dave49000 - Aug 19, 2008 11:49 ameye
A large, navigatable, wide river is a strange place at its interface. The water moves downstream, the wind upstream. The still mind stays in the water. The noisy mind gets caught in the wind and downstream travel becomes a struggle. My career has been a river, mostly wind, from a lack of fit. That may be changing at last. Let go.
Americ Azevedo - Aug 19, 2008 3:25 pmeye
Most of the time, we never have enough money, or love, or whatever. All we can do is work ourselves, like the saints, to a place where we have a sense of being, satisfaction, knowing, and wisdom that help us get through life without "enough".
Dave49000 - Sep 6, 2008 11:30 ameye
Thanks for that reminder that life is not about "enough," but what we do with what we do manage to have, even if that is nothing.
Dave49000 - Sep 6, 2008 11:31 ameye
On effortlessness, in regards to mental processes, see http://www.noozit.com/article/.ee837bc.
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