KARMA
A Study in
Karma
by
Annie Besant
Published in
1917
Will and Desire
Desire and
Activity remain to be considered. Will is the energy prompting to action, and
while it is attracted and repelled by outside objects, we call it desire, the lower aspect of Will, as thought is the lower
aspect of Cognition.
If a man,
confronted by a pleasure-giving object, grasps it without thought,
he is moved by desire; if he holds himself back, saying: "I must not enjoy
it now, because I have a duty to perform," he is moved by Will. When the
energy of the
Self is
controlled and guided by right reason, it is Will: when it rushes out
unbridled, drawn hither and thither by attractive objects, it is Desire.
Desire arises
in us spontaneously; we like one thing, we dislike another, and our likes and
dislikes are involuntary; are not under the control of the Will nor of the
reason. We may make up reasons for them when we wish to justify them, but they
are elemental, non-rational, precedent of thought. None the less may
they be brought under control, and changed – though
not directly.
Consider
physical taste; an olive, preserved in brine, is offered to a child, and is
generally rejected with disgust. But it is a fashionable thing to like olives,
and your people persevere in eating them, determined to like them, and
presently they are fond of them. They have changed their disliking to liking.
How is the
change of taste brought about? By the action of Will,
directed by the mind.
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