We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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Spiritual seeking means knowing this negative part: that desiring is the root cause of frustration. To desire is to create, of one`s own accord, a shell. Desiring is the world. To be worldly is to desire and to go on desiring, never becoming aware that each desire comes to nothing but frustration. Once you become aware of this, then you do not desire, or your only desire is to know what is.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Desiring leads to frustration, and true awareness comes from understanding this cycle.
In this quote, Rajneesh emphasizes that desire is the primary source of frustration in life. He suggests that we often create a 'shell' around ourselves through our incessant desires, which ultimately leads to disappointment. By attaining awareness of this cycle of desire and understanding its futility, one can transcend worldly attachments and focus on a deeper understanding of existence without the burden of unfulfilled desires.
Themes
DesireFrustrationAwarenessExistenceSpirituality
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational talk about overcoming obstacles in personal development.
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