Auf der BW-Ebene des Begehrens und der Gier ist zum ersten Mal ausreichend Energie verfügbar, dass Menschen bewusst auf ein Ziel hin arbeiten können. Ebenso wie Angst ist Begehren ein mächtiger Motor unserer Gesellschaft. Ein großer Teil der Werbung arbeitet auf dieser Ebene, indem die Botschaft verbreitet wird:

Wenn du dieses Produkt kaufst, dann wirst du glücklich sein, dann bist du wer.

Das Thema Sucht tritt in dieser Ebene deutlich hervor, seien es die Süchte nach Substanzen wie Alkohol, Heroin, Marihuana, Nikotin oder Kaffee oder nichtstofflichen Süchte, wie jene nach Anerkennung, die Sucht, geliebt zu werden, die Sucht nach Geld, nach Ablenkung, nach Arbeit, nach Einkaufen, nach Stehlen, nach Aufmerksamkeit, nach Sex. Diese Ebene kann so bestimmend sein, dass ein Mensch sogar sein Leben vernachlässigt, um das Angestrebte zu erhalten. Für viele Süchtige wird ihre Droge zum bestimmenden Lebensinhalt, und daneben zählt praktisch nichts mehr. Freundschaften, Familie, Arbeit und Gesundheit werden ohne zu zögern aufgegeben, nur um das Begehren zu befriedigen.

Begehren befindet sich im destruktiven Bereich, denn die Glückserfahrung, sprich Lustbefriedigung, kommt von außen, nicht aus dem eigenen Inneren heraus. Sie wird durch den Besitz eines bestimmten (Lust)Objektes definiert. Begehren bezieht sich auf materiellen Besitz oder Anerkennung durch andere Menschen und gehört somit zu jenen Dingen, die vergänglich sind und verloren gehen können.

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1. Zitate zum Thema Begehren – BW 125 / Greed and Desire

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1.1 Zitate von D. Hawkins

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1.2 Zitate (engl.) von D. Hawkins

Desire motivates vast areas of human activity, including the economy. [...] The desire for money, prestige or power runs the lives of many of those who have risen above Fear as their predominant life motif. Desire is also the level of addiction, wherein it becomes a craving more important than life itself. [...] Desire is obviously a much higher state than Apathy or Grief, for in order to "get", you first have to have the energy to "want". TV has had a major influence on many oppressed people, inculcating wants and energizing their longings to the degree that they move out of Apathy and begin to seek a better life. Want can start us on the road to achievement. Power vs. Force, chapter IV

Desire is a wantingness that can be obsessive and, when excessive, is called greed. It is, however, an important drive in human affairs and motivates the whole economy to a considerable degree. Normal desire tends to run its course until the wants are fulfilled. Its primordial origin is the hunger of the animal organism. Fulfillment results in a sense of completion so that the psyche is free to turn within and pursue spiritual values. In and of itself, desire, like, pride, need not be condemned as wrong for it is socially useful if it is channeled into beneficial activities such as education and health. I. Subjectivity and Reality, S. 189

Desire is fueled by the illusion of lack and that the source of happiness is outside oneself and therefore has to be pursued or acquired. The importance of the object of desire is thereby inflated and overvalued by its symbolism and mystique. The pleasure of the sense of Self is blocked by desire. When that desire is fulfilled, the ego ascribes the resultant sense of joy to the acquisition of an external. However, this is a clever illusion because the actual source of the pleasure is that the block to experiencing the joy of the Self has been temporarily removed. The source of the experienced happiness is the radiance of the Self that shines forth when it is not shut off by an ego distress. I. Subjectivity and Reality, S. 189

To the spiritual aspirant, desire and attachments are deterrants to progress, and as they arise, what they symbolize can be surrendered to God. At the same time, the positionalities that they signify can be identified and surrendered because they become progressive burdens. Frequently, at a certain phase of spiritual evolution, it is common for aspirants to walk away from all possessions. Later on, possessions are no longer seen as a hinderance or an asset because the sense of ownership disappears and illusions are no longer projected onto them. I. Subjectivity and Reality, S. 190

It is helpful to understand that if one is not happy with present circumstances, the chances are that happiness will still be elusive when conditions change to meet one's current desire. That is, if happiness is elusive now, it will continue to be so in the future because the ability to locate the source of happiness has not yet been found. I. Subjectivity and Reality, S. 190

There is a great joy in the realization that one does not actually need anything at all to be happy [...] at an advanced level the awareness of existence itself is sufficient. I. Subjectivity and Reality, S. 190

In ordinary life, desire for success and status as ambition is considered normal and represents the quality of rajas activity; it is therefore a sign of the evolution of consciousness beyond lethargy. I. Subjectivity and Reality, S. 191

It is not the successful activity or position that is the hinderance but the underlying pride and attachment. One can transcend these aspects by surrendering and dedicating all action to God. I. Subjectivity and Reality, S. 191

The clever ego can extract the juice/payoff of secret gratification and pleasure from anything it arbitrarily selects. […] The 'what' that is desired is actually irrelevant. The locus is imagined to be 'out there' but is actually 'in here,' for the pleasure gain is subjective and internal. The relinquishment of this single, solitary goal unveils the Reality of Self, which is the innate prime source of all happiness, and its Realization terminates all wants and desires. Discovery of the Presence of God, S. 119-120

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1.3 Zitate von anderen Quellen

Denke daran, dass Gier auch die Gier danach einschließt, nicht gierig zu sein. Idries Shah

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1.4 Zitate (engl.) von anderen Quellen

Wanting something means we believe that something is separate from us. The desire itself creates a duality, a polarization that prevents us from feeling our always-perfect completion inside. As long as we want, we think and emote about the desired object. This mental business reduces consciousness of our inward, ever present happiness, and we feel empty and lacking. Lester Levenson, No Attachments, No Aversions: The Autobiography of a Master, Lawrence Crane Enterprises, Inc., January 2003

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Washington Irving (1783-1859) US American author

In order to arrive at having pleasure in everything, desire to have pleasure in nothing. In order to arrive at possessing everything, desire to possess nothing. In order to arrive at being everything, desire to be nothing. In order to arrive at knowing everything, desire to know nothing. Saint John of the Cross

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