We all have the juices of two powerful cocktails coursing through our veins: Fear and Desire. They sit in the driver's seat of our daily joys, frustrations, decisions, and reactions. Corporations and their marketing agencies know this and exploit it every day. It is easier than ever as we subject ourselves to their influence often as soon as we wake up until we fall asleep. Their influence radiates out of products in our kitchens and bathrooms, at bus stops, and on highway signs.

At the same time, we yearn so deeply for something we often don't even let ourselves imagine fully. This nameless desire feeds our regret when another year has passed, and life has not turned out as we thought it would.

There is hope and a powerful reason why it is worth committing ourselves towards getting what we want during our lifetime. The reason is this:

When we take the time to figure out our deepest desires, we are bound to discover something that is utterly beautiful and life-affirming within us. With it comes the realization that working towards attaining it is not just serving us; it can benefit all around us and put us into a state of being where we are more capable of bringing about positive transformation in the world at a time when it is much needed.

So, how do we get there?

The biggest blockage that stops us from getting what we desire is often ourselves. This statement is not here to put all the weight of the world and all the responsibility of how your life is on your shoulders. On the contrary. Rather, it is an invitation to reflect on our person. We are more than the sum of our parts. We are the celebrations and trauma of our ancestors, we are the result of the nurture or lack thereof that we got as a child, we are made up of the influences of our environment and our responses to it, we are shaped by the opportunities and limitations that we were born with.

Who we are is transient and changes several times throughout our lives. To get to know ourselves is to know the world that shapes us and that we shape in return. Our fears and closed-off safety valves come from somewhere.

From this perspective, knowing that often the biggest blockage that stops us from getting what we desire is ourselves becomes empowering. To begin the work of getting what we desire, all we need is ourselves and a little time and space.

Specific rituals can help us discover these blockages by making us aware of their relationship to the world around us. One way of doing this is to look out to look in.

Practice:
Find a time when you can go on a walk by yourself. Before you start on your walk, set the intention of finding out what is inside you that blocks you from getting what you desire. As you walk, pay attention to the world and how you perceive it. Throughout the walk as yourself: How does how I perceive the world reveal what blocks me from getting what I desire?

Once we have discovered what is blocking us, we have something concrete to work with in moving forward towards our desire. This work is not always easy. Sometimes, knowing what it is can be enough. Deeper integrative practices are often helpful to quicken the process.

This August, we are launching our course, The Inner Work of Desire. In it, we share a transformative process that includes the deep work of transforming and integrating your blockages to open the path towards getting what you most desire. It is an incredibly empowering course with teachings that can support you in living a life aligned with your desires throughout your lifetime.

By getting our free trial, you can access the course and everything else in our library of effective spiritual practice. We currently have over 200 lessons! To help you navigate through it and get to where you need it, we've also created a librarian that you can ask to guide you to the right place at any time. The library will meet your spiritual needs wherever you are in life right now. 

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