Introducing The Fall 2010 Issue, “Desire.” What do you desire? In the current issue of PARABOLA, we explore the heights and depths of this most basic condition. Defined as craving, longing, wanting strongly—and also as that unsatisfied state that fills us whether or not we obtain the object or person we crave—desire drives us and shapes our lives. Some long for fortune; others sex; others vengeance. In others, the energy of desire is refined, fueling the wish to alleviate the suffering of others; to bring peace to this torn world; to know and serve the truth. In this issue, readers are invited to consider how desire creates havoc if left unchecked or repressed. We explore how this most primal energy also leads to great feats of compassion and diplomacy. We learn that even God Himself—at least the God of the Bible—has yearnings. Desire is inherent in to the process of being and becoming. A Buddhist contributor observes that “any desire that produces becoming also produces suffering.” What is the way out of that state of suffering, that sense of being unsatisfied, that comes with desire? Find the Buddha’s answer in “Desire.”You can find it available through order online or in your local bookstore, and if you can’t find it at your local bookstore, why not ask for them to carry it? from: parabola-magazine

Introducing The Fall 2010 Issue, “Desire.”

What do you desire? In the current issue of PARABOLA, we explore the heights and depths of this most basic condition. Defined as craving, longing, wanting strongly—and also as that unsatisfied state that fills us whether or not we obtain the object or person we crave—desire drives us and shapes our lives. Some long for fortune; others sex; others vengeance. In others, the energy of desire is refined, fueling the wish to alleviate the suffering of others; to bring peace to this torn world; to know and serve the truth. In this issue, readers are invited to consider how desire creates havoc if left unchecked or repressed. We explore how this most primal energy also leads to great feats of compassion and diplomacy. We learn that even God Himself—at least the God of the Bible—has yearnings. Desire is inherent in to the process of being and becoming. A Buddhist contributor observes that “any desire that produces becoming also produces suffering.” What is the way out of that state of suffering, that sense of being unsatisfied, that comes with desire? Find the Buddha’s answer in “Desire.”

You can find it available through order online or in your local bookstore, and if you can’t find it at your local bookstore, why not ask for them to carry it?

from: parabola-magazine

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