The Will of Passion

Within the human confines of need, want and instinct - passion is born.  Passion and Desire are closely linked.  Desire is the what the mind objectifies as obtainable.  Passion is the emotive drive to obtain it.  Combined, they manifest what is needed, wanted or instinctually sought.  Even those with austere minds - those who live in the land of dry, papery logic and data have passion.  Theirs is a desire of the mind - a desire to acquire knowledge; the feeling of excitement they get upon buying a new book, or sharing with colleagues their newest mental pathway to understanding whatever it is they are trying to understand.

Those who are in the expressive arts are always classified as having passion, of course, because passion is expressive and most people expect expression to be emotive and creative.  But, just as the colleagues fiercely debate their newest idea, the artist fearlessly displays their unique viewpoint to the world as a song, a painting, a poem.

Whatever we passionately desire will come to pass sooner or later.  With awareness, it comes sooner.  With unawareness, it comes later.  Stay aware of what you passionately desire. Passionately desire with awareness. But above all else, desire the biggest, most amazing, unattainable object.  See it as a lifelong goal, and keep it within the headlight beams of your mind.  

The passion to succeed should go beyond the goals set in school, work, sport or relationship. It should go beyond everything objectifiable because with every object attained, the will creates another desire and the passionate drive to attain it - something else to strive for.  So, there is only one true desire - only one true passion.  It is filtered through a unique interpreter - a specialized manifesting machine.  Learn the machine - learn its inner workings, its clogs and wheels, its cracked gaskets and dripping pipes - its radiant battery and  state-of-the-art computer.  This is God's Machine - your ego is the caretaker, but not the owner. In most people, the ego likes to take ownership of the whole machine because, by gosh, he does all the work around here.  Your persona is the personality of the caretaker.  Is he a mean old man that resents his job and doesn't like visitors?  Or perhaps she's quiet young lady who learned the trade from her grandpa and welcomes you in for a cup of tea?   

I've decided that I'm going to break into the inner sanctum of the steam room and repair the machine - - learn it from scratch.  Learn the things the caretaker does't even know about.  Eventually I will know the workings of the machine better than the caretaker herself, and will transcend the need for her direct intervention.  You see, the caretaker is just worried she's going to lose her job - so I'll send her songs and papers, poems and notes, flowers and food, to make her see that I appreciate her, so that she can still maintain as she does - but only in humble service - not righteous indignation.  The first note I sent to her said: "You are not me, and I am not you.  Just know that I need you, but your job duties will be lightened so that I can learn the machine I've invested my whole life savings into.  Don't take it personally - take it transpersonally.  Love you, Love me."