All Discussions Tagged 'desire' - Temple Illuminatus2024-03-29T15:01:18Zhttps://templeilluminatus.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=desire&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSpiritual Desire and culturetag:templeilluminatus.ning.com,2017-12-04:6363372:Topic:33522172017-12-04T09:44:14.604ZRajan Kashyaphttps://templeilluminatus.ning.com/profile/AshishMishra
<p>Namste! Om Namah Shivay. I salute to the Shiva in you all.</p>
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<p>I am on my spiritual path and I try to give it the top most priority in my life, but mark my word "try". I am not able to consistently keep it right up there, my worldly goals and aspirations take over at times and I am indebted to Maa Kaali that she brings me back.</p>
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<p>But then when I think of it, isn't the desire for spiritual growth, desire after all?</p>
<p>Would it not have all the side effects that…</p>
<p>Namste! Om Namah Shivay. I salute to the Shiva in you all.</p>
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<p>I am on my spiritual path and I try to give it the top most priority in my life, but mark my word "try". I am not able to consistently keep it right up there, my worldly goals and aspirations take over at times and I am indebted to Maa Kaali that she brings me back.</p>
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<p>But then when I think of it, isn't the desire for spiritual growth, desire after all?</p>
<p>Would it not have all the side effects that come with other desires?</p>
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<p>I have lived all over the world, in developed and prosperous countries like USA, Denmark, UK etc. and then I have lived in Indonesia, Colombia and India (my birthplace). I feel that desire for materialist goals is same everywhere and but from my personal experience I feel that it is easier to pursue spiritual goals in developed countries as your basic living conditions are comfortable and you end up not having to worry about daily struggle. On the flip side, in the third world (pardon me using the term), there is more spiritual energies getting congregated and it is easier to seek divinity, those of you who have visited and lived in Rishikesh will know what I mean by this. (p.s. it's my most favourite place in the world and then comes New York!).</p>
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<p>From my personal experience, I feel that I have reached a stage in my life where I have enough spiritual "raw material" collected, now I need comfort of the prosperous Western world to start building "the project" without getting pulled away for getting comfort in life (basic that is). I wouldn't have said the same to me who was living in New York 15 years back, he didn't have the raw material at that point.</p>
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<p>Thanks for taking time to read my views. I would love to hear from you.</p>