DESIRE

If a Desire Exists in You, It Is Your Path

Honoring the Sacred Direction of Inner Longing

There’s something hauntingly powerful about the quote, “If a desire exists in you, it is your path.” It whispers of destiny—not the kind written in the stars, but the kind that rises from within, forged in the quiet chambers of the heart.

We often treat desire with suspicion. Is this wish mine? Or was it planted in me by someone else—society, family, the algorithm of cultural conditioning? We’re taught to question desire, discipline it, or deny it altogether. But what if desire itself is not the problem? What if it is the compass?

When a desire arises—genuine, persistent, alive—it carries a frequency that matches something essential in us. Desire, in its purest form, is not superficial. It is sacred. It is guidance. It is a soul’s way of speaking through sensation.

True Desire vs Conditioned Craving

Not all desires are created equal. Some are echoes of expectations, projections we’ve absorbed. But the ones that linger, the ones that pull at us even when they’re inconvenient, those are often soul-level callings.

The key is in discernment. Conditioned cravings tend to feel anxious, performative, or “should-based”, something you are suppose to want.  True desire often feels like a quiet, persistent flame—sometimes unexplainable, sometimes terrifyingly bold, always magnetic.

Ask yourself:

• Does this desire energize me, even if it scares me?

• Would I want this even if no one knew?

• Does this feel like remembering, more than reaching?

If so, it’s likely not a distraction. It’s a direction.

Desire as a Doorway

When we stop treating desire as a temptation to resist and start seeing it as a teacher, the inner landscape changes. Desire becomes a doorway—not into ego, but into essence. It reveals where the soul is leaning. It illuminates where we are meant to stretch, grow, give, and become.

Even desires that don’t unfold the way we expect have something to offer. The pursuit shapes us. The yearning reveals us. The path might shift, but the desire brought us into motion—and that is the point.

Your Desire, Your Permission Slip

You don’t need outside validation to walk your path. The very presence of the desire within you is the permission. It exists because it belongs to you. Your path isn’t a pre-approved set of steps—it’s a living, breathing journey being written in real-time by your choices, your questions, and yes—your desires.

Let Desire Lead (Without Losing Yourself)

Desire is not always comfortable, but it is clarifying. When you stop resisting what you really want and start leaning into it with curiosity, the fog begins to lift. A few guiding questions:

• What do I long for beneath the surface desires?

• What desire have I silenced because I feared where it would lead?

• What would change if I trusted my desire to be sacred?

When you honor your desires, you aren’t being selfish—you are being self-honest. And that honesty is what clears the path ahead.

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