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Akilesh Ayyar
April 25, 2020
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What do you really want? Two ways of thinking about desire

Akilesh Ayyar
April 25, 2020
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There are two ways of thinking about desire -- both valuable in different ways. There is the way in which you try to get in touch with your emotions, which is the psychological way. The spiritual way involves recognizing that you what you really want is to be free of the burden of decision -- to just be.

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