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Warrior Work
Week 32
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LUST
"Lust for everything, Desire Nothing"
Warrior Paradox
Lust - 1. From the Hebrew, ta'avah and avah - to desire eagerly, to long for, crave or have an appetite for. 2. From the Greek,
epithumia - a noun versus a verb meaning desire or lust. Lust and Desire possess NO necessary moral connotation (from
WyCliffe's Dictionary of Theology).
Desire - 1. From the Latin, desiderare/desiderate - to want, to long for, to wish for. 2. From old French, desirer - of a
star/constellation. To long for the light that is absent in the day hence "to wish upon a star".
Most of us know that LUST is one of the 7 deadly sins but how many people know that it can also be a cardinal virtue? Perhaps if we
substituted the word PASSION - 1. a powerful, intense emotion for lust, we could digest it a bit easier. As a NOUN, passion, lust and
desire are energies that we can cultivate and use to create or destroy, to share or to hoard, to nurture or to imprison. The key element is
our INTENT! Sexual energy (often associated with lust and desire) can be directed through tools or techniques to:
-revitalize one's spirit
- to release pressure
- to nurture and recharge
- to create life
- to create connections
- to manipulate and increase one's power or status
- to empower and evolve the human spirit (eros)
- to surrender one's power and make someone else responsible for "taking care of us"
Interestingly, the term lust and covet is used more in the positive sense than in the negative sense throughout the Bible
(www.ecclesia.org/truth/covet.html). Your focus becomes your reality so a great question to ask ourselves is, "What am I focusing on?
What goals and target do I have in my sights? What is my intent in cultivating and using this energy? Too often, our fear of misusing that
energy or not having positive directions to focus it promotes it's repression and stagnation which is frustrating and unhealthy! AND then
when it builds up to the bursting point, we release it without consideration (with light from a star- to look at options with some light)) or
clarity of the INTENT behind it's release or focus. REGRET comes from UNCLEAR INTENT! From the warrior perspective, the distinction
between lust (passion) and desire is the distinction between cultivating one's energy without attachment or addiction. Thus in all
situations, relationships, business, personal goals, charity and events, we cultivate and direct our passion in positive, healthy, energy
efficient directions without attachment to outcome. Mother Teresa had a passionate desire to educate and serve the poor and
downtrodden. She started with NOTHING and used whatever was at hand. Her spark became a flame which became a fire that has
touched all of us in some way or other. On the other side, Hitler's passion and fire to build a master race has also touched all of us. The
same fire that brings us warmth can also burn us. A great consideration when looking at what you want to do with the fire, the passion, the
lust that is simmering or raging within you. What are you directing it toward? Through what techniques (verbal and physical) are you
channeling it's heat and power? Are you using it to bring light and warmth to those you serve (including yourself) or is it burning bridges,
people, relationships and even yourself? How about that Oprah? Does she have some fire in her? And does she promote that in others?
You can use the above considerations to "see" the people around you in your life and bring some light to your evaluations of them. Do you
want to be around people who have a "little flame" or a "raging fire"? Does it matter to you what they are doing with that energy?
Have Passion for everything, Be attached to nothing. Get your sense of self from what you do, create and build, not from what or who
is in your life. That is the secret to building great relationships because you will attract people with your light and play and work toward
light enhancing activities that you share together.
Be ENTHUSIASTIC - in theos - moving with the passionate, lustful fire of God!
By Peter Hill, Copyright 2004
www.getittogether.net
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Week 32
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LUST
"Lust for everything, Desire Nothing"
Warrior Paradox
Lust - 1. From the Hebrew, ta'avah and avah - to desire eagerly, to long for, crave or have an appetite for. 2. From the Greek,
epithumia - a noun versus a verb meaning desire or lust. Lust and Desire possess NO necessary moral connotation (from
WyCliffe's Dictionary of Theology).
Desire - 1. From the Latin, desiderare/desiderate - to want, to long for, to wish for. 2. From old French, desirer - of a
star/constellation. To long for the light that is absent in the day hence "to wish upon a star".
Most of us know that LUST is one of the 7 deadly sins but how many people know that it can also be a cardinal virtue? Perhaps if we
substituted the word PASSION - 1. a powerful, intense emotion for lust, we could digest it a bit easier. As a NOUN, passion, lust and
desire are energies that we can cultivate and use to create or destroy, to share or to hoard, to nurture or to imprison. The key element is
our INTENT! Sexual energy (often associated with lust and desire) can be directed through tools or techniques to:
-revitalize one's spirit
- to release pressure
- to nurture and recharge
- to create life
- to create connections
- to manipulate and increase one's power or status
- to empower and evolve the human spirit (eros)
- to surrender one's power and make someone else responsible for "taking care of us"
Interestingly, the term lust and covet is used more in the positive sense than in the negative sense throughout the Bible
(www.ecclesia.org/truth/covet.html). Your focus becomes your reality so a great question to ask ourselves is, "What am I focusing on?
What goals and target do I have in my sights? What is my intent in cultivating and using this energy? Too often, our fear of misusing that
energy or not having positive directions to focus it promotes it's repression and stagnation which is frustrating and unhealthy! AND then
when it builds up to the bursting point, we release it without consideration (with light from a star- to look at options with some light)) or
clarity of the INTENT behind it's release or focus. REGRET comes from UNCLEAR INTENT! From the warrior perspective, the distinction
between lust (passion) and desire is the distinction between cultivating one's energy without attachment or addiction. Thus in all
situations, relationships, business, personal goals, charity and events, we cultivate and direct our passion in positive, healthy, energy
efficient directions without attachment to outcome. Mother Teresa had a passionate desire to educate and serve the poor and
downtrodden. She started with NOTHING and used whatever was at hand. Her spark became a flame which became a fire that has
touched all of us in some way or other. On the other side, Hitler's passion and fire to build a master race has also touched all of us. The
same fire that brings us warmth can also burn us. A great consideration when looking at what you want to do with the fire, the passion, the
lust that is simmering or raging within you. What are you directing it toward? Through what techniques (verbal and physical) are you
channeling it's heat and power? Are you using it to bring light and warmth to those you serve (including yourself) or is it burning bridges,
people, relationships and even yourself? How about that Oprah? Does she have some fire in her? And does she promote that in others?
You can use the above considerations to "see" the people around you in your life and bring some light to your evaluations of them. Do you
want to be around people who have a "little flame" or a "raging fire"? Does it matter to you what they are doing with that energy?
Have Passion for everything, Be attached to nothing. Get your sense of self from what you do, create and build, not from what or who
is in your life. That is the secret to building great relationships because you will attract people with your light and play and work toward
light enhancing activities that you share together.
Be ENTHUSIASTIC - in theos - moving with the passionate, lustful fire of God!
By Peter Hill, Copyright 2004
www.getittogether.net
Warrior Week Home >>