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Distinguish personality desires
from soul needs
"Human history is the sad result
of each one looking out for
himself." -- Julio Cortazar
We indulge ourselves when we
seek to meet our longings
through desires of the
personality. We indulge
ourselves when we buy more
clothes to make us happy, when
we eat another snack to ease the
hunger, when we have an affair
to feel powerful or loveable.
Any pleasure we get, if we get
any at all, is shallow and
short- lived.
The only lasting satisfaction
can come from meeting the deep
spiritual needs of the soul. We
discover what we are really
after in life when we identify
the spiritual qualities and
needs that lie behind our
desires for material pleasures.
"But life lived only for one
self does not truly satisfy men
or women. There is a hunger in
Americans today for larger
purposes beyond the self." --
Betty Friedan |
