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Are You Able To Control Your Desire?
We are insatiable as human being, always wanting new things
I believe we are all just liike a typical human being, who is forever chasing the proverbial luxuries of life, bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger position, bigger income etc.
Abraham Maslow in his hierachy of needs theory, said, the moment, we get what we desire, our appetite is open up for the next one. Some of us do this chasing until we die.
Desires are not in themselves bad, as they urge us forward and help us to grow. Neville Goddard said, it is a gift we all have from God.
Craving Is part of who we are
We all crave, according to Buddha, for new adventures and new thrills, and continue to commit and expand our horizon until it is time to move to the next one.
The question we should ask ourselves constantly is WHEN IS ENOUGH GOING TO BE ENOUGH? Or are we going to be Oliver Twist, just a little bit more, and then after that a little bit more and so on, and so forth.
Contentment versus disatisfaction in life
When we look at these craving, it is easy to map out where we fall into. Are we content with our currentā¦