Wanting – The Introverted Tree

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The desireless self

By: theintrovertedtree 21st Jun 202227th Sep 2022

Inner search, Philosophy, Waiting and HereMemory, Soul searching, Waiting and Here, Wanting3 Comments

Ask yourself, “What is the real motive behind everything I do, think, want?” You’ll see that your real desire is to be desireless. Your real desire is peace. Jean Klein, The Ease of Being The main aim of each want is to end the want itself. To be desireless, as Klein says. Once we get…

Wanting and waiting

By: theintrovertedtree 17th Aug 202114th Sep 2021

Inner search, Philosophy, Psychology, Second half of life, Waiting and HereFree will, Unconscious, Waiting and Here, Wanting1 Comment

Why do we want what we want? One day we discover a new hole that wasn’t there before, a gap we need to fill, a want. It becomes a need we must satisfy. I don’t mean wanting water when one is thirsty, but the other things we want, the ones that look like choices. What…

It is always today

By: theintrovertedtree 21st Aug 202014th Sep 2021

Inner search, Psychology, Second half of life, Waiting and HereAcceptance, Needs, Self love, Unconscious, Wanting7 Comments

It is interesting that “want” (the noun) means “a lack or deficiency of something”. I guess, “to want” would mean to experience this lack or deficiency. To want is to feel a void.