WANTING is our Divine Right. In this article we learn to understand why it is necessary to identify with and unleash these "wants".
Mantra of the Subconscious
Once upon a time, back in the dark ages of our youth, it was okay to want -- that is, until some huge adult told us we couldn´t have the china vase to play with, or pull the dog´s tail, or join the big kids on the street. "No, you don´t want that" became the mantra of our subconscious.As time went on, and we continued our natural course of wanting in order to explore and experience every morsel of this bountiful new world, we soon faced a rude awkening: Wanting was becoming not only painful on our bottoms, but to our hearts. We´d want...not get...and feel the heavy pain of disappointment. It seemed like wanting was not a very spiffy thing to do.
Dreams and Desires
Then we started our youthful religious teachings. If there had been any doubts before, there were none now. Wanting anything but the most mundane necessities was definitely out of the question. It was sinful. We were unworthy. God would punish us for our greed. It was better to give.
Put them all together, and by the time we reached some semblance of adulthood, most of us were basket cases about dreams and desires. Oh sure, the socially acceptable dreams were fine, like having a family, a job, success. But heaven forbid we should have desires apart from the norm. So we made sure whatever dreams we did secretly harbour were tidy and small -- for two reasons: 1) so as not to offend that big roaring judge in the sky, and 2) so that if the dream didn´t come to pass, we could handle the pain. "Dream small, hurt small" became our way of life.
Against Cosmic Law
That way of living is 100 percent opposite of what we were made for. Dreaming small is against our natural instincts, our divine nature. It is against cosmic law, for without large, outlandish dreams, WE would not even be here.
"WANT" is the first rule of empowerment. But the barriers against wanting are too strong, too imbedded in our psyches to go barreling ahead like we know what we´re doing. Don´t Wants are a piece of cake to us, but anything even smacking of fulfilling dreams is so foreign, and so frightening, we could blow this whole thing if we don´t take it slow and easy. Like telling someone to get over their insecurities TODAY. Good Luck!
Born to Create
We are creator gods, born to create. Creating is the molecular foundation of our DNA. It rules our spiritual as well as physical genetics. It is inherent in every fiber of our being, yet we cannot create without DESIRE.
Even though Want and Desire are two sides of the same coin, the word "want" has such nasty connotations to it, such as need, greed, lack and pain, that we use the word in only the most casual of conversations. But now we´re going to change all that and learn to cut loose our WANTS, because without those WANTS we can never touch the glory of our beings. We can never fulfill our reason for being. We will never experience the thrill of exploration, the adrenal rush of jumping into the unknown, or the divine pleasure born of a job well done.
We were created to create. Therefore, if divine empowerment is an earnestly sought-after Want, we´d better learn to do it (Want), or empowerment will forever remain an unobtainable, discouraging, hurtful dream.
This article is from "Tenets of Awakening".
