Desire is Its Own Fulfillment!

 

"The greatest desires are beyond fulfillment. They thrive on the wanting itself. That's why the archetype of the warrior is crucial to a spirituality of desire. The warrior makes a fierce commitment to what is most worth loving, whether it's attainable or not. He cuts through whatever gets in the way . . . Wanting is everything in the spiritual life, more important even than having. Spiritual teachers from Gregory of Nyssa to William of St. Thierry had long insisted, in fact, that to want IS to have. As Rumi exclaims: 'The thirst in our souls is the attraction put out by the water itself!' "

Belden Lane,
"Backpacking with the Saints"

Photos: (Top and Middle) Needles District, Canyonlands National Park, UT, November 28-29, 2014; (Bottom) Sunrise near Genesee Park, CO, November 27, 2014