Wanting....

it's what the mind does. It wants. It wants a better job, a nicer house, that beautiful Armani jacket, a diamond ring, a Mercedes, recognition, to win first prize, happiness, bigger breasts, to be thinner, richer, prettier. It wants him, her. There is no end to the list. It's all a big distraction. The trick is to learn how to observe it without letting it consume you. When we want something, when our mind is filled with desire, it contracts in on itself; there is hardly any room for anything else. All thoughts come back to that "thing" we want and the strategies we might use to get it. The problem is, when we acquire the object of our desire or achieve the goal, satisfaction is only temporary. Our mind starts to lose interest and something else takes its place. Satisfaction is only a release from the pressure of wanting. It's the moment that occurs when we move from wanting to having. We are the space in between the wants. When we are consumed with desire, it's like a dense fog in our mind and we lose sight of who we are. When wants and desires are very strong, we are usually suffering. When we are satisfied with what we have and where we are, when we are free of wants, we are most often content and in the moment. Does this mean we should never want or desire anything? Of course not. It just means we should try to understand that it is the minds nature to want things. Knowing this allows us to become less attached to everything it wants. Think of the mind as a spoiled child. It's better for everybody if you don't give in to it all the time. To be con't.....