I think sometimes as spiritual seekers, we get the wagon before the horse and try to embrace teachings that we don't really understand. Nothing wrong with wanting to embrace a teaching that we believe will serve our growth! Still, I want to look deep down inside and see if I can find the core of the teaching. I want to understand.
Wanting...is it bad? If one's primary practice is aimed at detachment and dispassion, wanting may seem to be the enemy, but what if wanting is natural part of being human? Can 'wanting' be used in the service of spiritual growth?
I wrote this poem about 20 years ago-
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The Terrible Want
There's a terrible want in my soul
that needs anything and everything to fill it
and nothing is enough
I wonder, will I ever be free?
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How do we fill that 'God sized hole' inside?
That's the question that I have been asking for most of my life. Just a shift in perception, and one may see that the question is NOT whether the glass is half empty OR half full. The real question is, what's happening with the water in the glass?
