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Indulge In Earthly Pleasures

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Key Assertions That Help To Summarize This Article:

The Soul craves what it is denied.

By embracing and then transcending one’s desires, one can, if one wishes, overcome them.

Indulge and, as you do, consider the origins and causes of this delight and the effects of your chosen indulgence.

As you indulge consider how the source of your earthly pleasure—the enjoyable person, place, or thing—is impermanent.

For those traversing the Heartwood Path, indulgence in earthly pleasures is not considered suspect, transient, impure, or worthless. In Proverbs 13: 12 it says: “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”

Indulgence along the Heartwood Path ought to always be life-affirming, positive, and ethical. Rather than suppressing desires, the Heartwood Path encourages you to move into your desires with full consciousness. The Soul craves what it is denied. By embracing and then overcoming (transcending) your desires, you can, if you wish, overcome them.

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HumaNatureConnect Activity

Indulging In Earthly Pleasures

For this activity, indulge in an earthly pleasure (these being eating, drinking, sex, enjoying natural scenes or natural beings, and more) and thus find enjoyment in aspects of the natural world. Seek to also transcend these sensual pleasures by also attaining the wisdom that is housed in the Dharma (the a set of universal truths that are excellent, cause no afflictions or defilements, and are permanent) and by attaining wisdom that comes from Nirvana. To find the wisdom that abides in Dharma during this activity, indulge and, as you do, consider the origins and causes of this delight and the effects of your chosen indulgence. To find the wisdom of Nirvana as you indulge consider how the source of your earthly pleasure--the enjoyable person, place, or thing--is impermanent.

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