After writing Learning to Trust Desire as Deep Discernment, I kept reflecting on the other side of the coin — the edge where desire can both illuminate and consume.
Because not all desire leads us closer to truth.
Some desire pulls us away from it.
When Desire Is Dangerous
Desire becomes dangerous when it’s unconscious — when it rises from unmet needs, old wounds, or the hunger for validation.
It carries urgency, grasping, and a subtle disconnection from our centre.
It pushes for outcome or control, often at the expense of integrity.
This kind of desire isn’t “wrong.”
It’s just asking to be met with compassion and containment before being acted on.
When Desire Is Deep Discernment
Desire becomes deep discernment when it’s rooted in presence — not as escape, but as expression.
It moves through us as aliveness, not addiction.
It expands rather than contracts, brings clarity rather than confusion, and carries truth even when it’s inconvenient.
This form of desire is soulful.
It’s not about control — it’s about resonance.
A quiet knowing that says: this way.
The Bridge Between Them
The work isn’t to suppress desire, but to slow down enough to feel its source.
To ask:
– Am I moving toward life, or away from something?
– Does this expand or constrict me?
– Can I let this desire excite me, without needing to control it or cling to an outcome?
When desire and discernment dance together, we become both the flame and the ground.
The fire doesn’t consume — it illuminates.
✨ The invitation is not to silence desire, but to meet it consciously.
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