At War with Desire

“I am at war with my desire; I keep trying to be free of it … but I’m tortured instead,” I said to him, this man I regard so highly. 

He said, after an extremely Buddhist pause, “the teaching is not to be rid of desire. Lean into desire. Lean into desire and take inspired action toward your desires — but know that the fruits, whether the fruits come and when, this is a result of the Brahman. We cannot control the fruits … but lean in. Lean into your desire.” 

The Brahman is the summation of all that is: all energy, deity, decisions and thoughts, all of creation. The Brahman brings the fruit; the human desires. 

So, desire. Desire and surrender to the Brahman … or, like Ram Dass said, “you cannot rip the skin off of the snake.”