jenga? or maybe Blackpool? why must our desires have to make a sacrifice and why must we forever flee our inner peace
2007-08-09 12:45:34 · 20 answers · asked by hvjhgk 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Nonsense. Elaborate.
2007-08-09 12:48:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Sounds to me like your desire is inner peace. You find inner peace in relaxing, Blackpool is a place you highlighted, possibly not the most peaceful place, jenga isn't the most relaxing game but it's fun. Inner peace can only be found with true happiness, described in a film, waking up next to someone who you are truly satisfied with.
2007-08-10 11:31:23 · answer #2 · answered by Think Tank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is because all desires eventually become addictions, even wanting to have no desires is a desire that becomes addictive. Take a look in R&S and you will right away see what I mean. There people show their addictions to their beliefs. When the desire is satisfied, pleasure in some degree is felt. When it is not satisfied, suffering is felt, or in other words one`s inner peace is disturbed. All of life is based on this law of attraction. It could be called the law of addiction.
2007-08-09 20:14:10 · answer #3 · answered by canron4peace 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is our Desire truly ours ? Subliminal manipulation puts others desires into our subconscious for the net gain of power and money to our detriment. Selling 101 teaches that the key is to make people want to believe they need something, they really do not require. Why can't this be the motive of Governments, Religions etc across the whole spectrum of life. This is why I believe seeking truth is the only worthy goal.
2007-08-09 21:18:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you -- any of us -- feel that giving up desire is a sacrifice, then we feel deprived, and we won't have inner peace then, either. The trick is not to be attached to desire and things desired.
I see inner peace as a state of equilibrium of the mind. Desire, lust, jealousy, ambition, pride upset that equilibrium. I think it's almost impossible to live in this world and always be in a state of inner peace. And I'm not so sure that desire and all that are bad, in and of themselves. If we can learn non-attachment, to a degree anyway, we'd have control over desire, lust, envy, etc.
In other words, it's not desire itself, but how much our being (?) depends on that desire (not the thing desired, but the desire). If we can get to a point where we can say to ourselves, "Yeah, I really do want that $200 pair of shoes, but if I don't get them, that's okay," then we're in a good place. We can't all be bodhisattvas!
All in my opinion!
2007-08-09 20:03:54 · answer #5 · answered by Diana 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Desires are internal. Inner Peace is internal
I would say that if your "desires" are conflicting your "inner peace" - you don't have any inner peace.
I think you are compounding the ideal of desires / inner peace and trying to make them mutually exclusive. Why not try have some desires that promote your inner peace?
2007-08-10 08:17:00 · answer #6 · answered by The Ideal Muggle 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Inner peace is a piece of bread with English salted butter dipped into a large soft boiled brown egg.
2007-08-10 05:10:08 · answer #7 · answered by los 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita "It is lust alone." (Lust meaning desire for something- anything. Desire and want is the source of anger, fear and hate.
We are not this material body, IE; Race, color, nationality, Religion, mind, intellect, senses, job, etc. We are all eternal spirit souls, part and parcel of the Supreme Soul, also known as Krishna, Allah, Jehovah, Vishnu, etc. We never die, only this mortal body dies.
This material world is not our real home, it is called Maya (illusion) and is temporary and full of misery, only one fourth of the souls come here,(the less intelligent ones, that's us)) and the rest are enjoying blissful eternal loving relationships with our Maker named above.
Those who are intelligent give up these material desires hankering after illusion within this material world and take up the process of self realization (bhakti Yoga) and at the end of life return to the Eternal Abode where their is no more suffering and there we have everything including real peace and happiness. I love this process.
For info. Go to harekrishnatemple.com Read Bhagavad Gita- As it is by Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada asitis.com you can read it on line.
2007-08-09 20:02:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a way of life for us seeing as we take everything for granted we don't even think about our inner peace let alone conflict with it and some unlucky or just plain ignorant people don't even have one.
2007-08-10 17:36:49 · answer #9 · answered by Wally 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the very definitions of "peace" and "desires." Peace means everything is alright (satisfied), no need to do anything, a state of rest.. Desire is the "need" to do something and untill you do/get that something, you are satisfied.
2007-08-09 19:57:44 · answer #10 · answered by lufiabuu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that seems simple. desire causes you to want something. wanting something ignites your soul. you can't have inner peace with fire burning in your soul.
what it all comes down to is that to have inner peace, you must be stagnant and let all things, including desire, flow through you. boring, yes, but some seek it for whatever the reason may be.
2007-08-09 19:51:10 · answer #11 · answered by interlude 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋