What is desire

[27x]

They say lust is a desire, and love is a want, for example.

But I've heard somone say they don't want to go to work, when they go to work every day. How can somone decide to do something they don't want to do in the end. Would want then be the final decision, and dire be the base intent?

If so, then why would lust be catagorized as something bad, if it was something of basic intent.

Can we question our wants?

Can we tame our desires?

Can we Fight off our passions, and greeds, and attatchments?

Moreover, can we do these things without medetation, or distraction, but out of sheer willpower?

Or is this all impossible for somone who isn't say, a buddhist, or somone who places their faith in a higher power?

What does it to mean to want, and why do we want in the first place?  

[Skanky Randy]

The way I see it is that our wants for certain things is really that we want the good feeling that seems to come out of the the idea of interacting with the object. This is clearly different from actually wanting the object. If we learn to identify these two wants then people should be able to cut down on excess purchase and consumption.  

[Phatts McDangle]

Desire is what happens when a soul that doesn't realize it is already perfect tries to perfect itself by acquiring something or someone external to it.

Psychologically speaking, external objects/people become canvasses onto which we project parts of ourselves that we idealize in one way or an other, without realizing that they are already within us. That object/person becomes a symbol for those ideas, and that is what we see, rather than seeing the object/person for what it truly is. Chasing after the desired object/person is really just the acting out of our own internal psychodrama. Obtaining it does not lead to satisfaction; just the short-lived thrill of success followed by disillusionment and confusion. Then the cycle repeats itself.  

[27x]

I've always catagorized it this way.

Desire is something you wish you could do. To want to do something, is what you've decided to do. Example:
You desire to stay at home, but you want to go to work; work is the better decision.  

[Phatts McDangle]

27x

You desire to stay at home, but you want to go to work; work is the better decision.

Work is never the better decision, dude. xp  

[27x]

Phatts McDangle

27x

You desire to stay at home, but you want to go to work; work is the better decision.

Work is never the better decision, dude. xp

My fahter would tell you, "If you want to feed yourself, your wife, and your two children, then it is." Of course you may not have children, but that is beside the point.

Not only is working an excelent source of income, but it gets rid of the shame of mooching off of someone else.

It may not be a fun decision(desire), but it is the logical choice, which is why it's the better decision.