Need vs Want: Are You Seeking the Body or the Beyond?
— by Amrqh® under the Wisdom of Gatih Upanishad
Parth:
You may believe you need food, clothing, and a home to sleep, to rest—because that’s what it takes to survive, isn’t it?
But let me ask you this: Do you really need all of that, or do you need this body to survive? What you call your need is essentially about the body. What you call your want is your longing for the beyond.
The real confusion begins when people think need and want are two different things. They are not. They are the same longing—just directed differently - one is of the body, another of the being. One moves downward into object and possession. The other moves upward, seeking to transcend limitation. Both are rooted in the same fire—the question is, where is the flame pointing?
If your consciousness is low, that flame flickers only around objects—possessions, pleasures, people. But when consciousness rises, the same flame starts to burn upward, towards the infinite.
This is the spiritual process. It’s not about renouncing the world. It’s not about guilt. It’s not about denying your needs. It is about not being trapped by them.
Survival Is Not the Problem. Attachment Is.
I have seen people who feel guilty because they have wealth. I have seen others who are greedy and still speak of moksha. Neither is right, neither is wrong—they are simply entangled in a confusion of energy.
If you live in survival and believe you are spiritual, you are deluding yourself.
If you seek liberation but still fantasize about control, comfort, and luxury without clarity—you are not working towards either. You’re simply daydreaming.
There is no problem in having money. There is no problem in owning a car. The problem is when the car owns you. Liberation is not about lack. It is about limitlessness. But you cannot move towards the limitless with your energies trapped in mooladhara—rooted in fear, food, and reproduction.
Desire Evolves with Energy
Desire is not the enemy. Desire is just the direction your life is trying to go. But the quality of your desire is defined by the placement of your energies.
Look around. A man sees a woman and is attracted. One is drawn to her beauty, another to her intellect, another to her wealth. Are these three different men? No. They are just three different levels of energy perception.
When your energy is stuck in the lower chakras, you desire form and possession.
When it rises, you start longing for qualities—like intelligence, strength, love.
When it flowers into the higher realms, you move beyond even quality. You seek that which is nameless, formless, boundless. This is not suppression. This is sublimation.
This is why we say: Do not fulfill every desire. Fulfill yourself—and the right desires will find you.
Liberation Is Not a Fancy Thought. It’s an Intense Possibility.
People keep saying, “I want liberation,” and in the same breath talk about upgrading their lifestyle. I'm not saying don’t enjoy what life offers. But if you’re truly seeking mukti, understand—it is not a part-time hobby.
You can’t want freedom and cling to your cage.
Energy is everything. Where your energies are, there your destiny begins to unfold. Not one destiny—every being has seven. The Brigu Samhita has mapped these out—seven tracks your life could take, based on the alignment of your body, your karma, and your inner geometry.
You’re not stuck. You’re just not aligned.
As your energy moves from the compulsions of the physical to the consciousness of the cosmic, your entire outlook—your wants, your purpose, your direction—begins to shift.
And when that happens, you don’t chase freedom. Freedom becomes your nature.
If you understand this, you won’t waste your life arranging the cage—you’ll work to break it.
Because survival is only beautiful… when you are not bound by it.
— With Grace,
Parth
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