if you don't feel you want something then you don't want anything, simple as
desires are self-evident
go sit down and stare at the wall until there is something that you find undesirable about that condition, then investigate what could possibly be better than staring at a wall
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One of things Marie Kondo mentions when talking about āSpark Joyā is this idea that... for a lot of people, when they touch their things, they donāt even really have any feelings at all. Itās ājust stuffā, and they have to *practice* feeling the feelings. Turning up the voltage
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basically if you have suppressed your feelings you need to practice feeling them again. itās like wiggling numb fingers or toes. Iām kinda surprised youāre asking these 101 questions, didnāt you make some breakthroughs with sobsquad and so on...?
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(referring to QC)
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the breakthroughs were in different directions than this
or shallower layers than this idk
think i have old stuff to work through here
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I would say āhow do you know you wantā is the wrong question. My nephews want things and they donāt always know that they want them. Knowing and wanting are separate things
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like it might be like
āI want to go swimming!ā
āHow do you know you want to go swimming?ā
ā??? I... just want!ā
reasoning, if there is any, is introduced after the fact. āBecause.... because it is a hot day and I want to feel coldā - but he didnāt notice it was hot before
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reasoning is not the thing iām asking about, itās more like... iām pretty sure it *feels like something* to want to go swimming, e.g. maybe if the kid pays attention to their experience they notice a sensation of being āpulled towards the waterā
iām asking about that
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the phenomenology of desire, not the logic
maybe this is a confusing question but i am coming from a background of having my wants deeply suppressed by my parents and they tend to hide under large piles of conditioning and suffering
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āExperiences of Depressionā is about the phenomenology of loss of desire, so it introduces the phenomenology of desireāas a texture of possibility in the world experienced as enticing oneās core bodily capacities, modulated by oneās worldview of relevance and significance.
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hmmmmmm this seems v relevant thank you