Monday, January 12, 2026

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(0:00) Most people are taught to see sexual desire as something small, private, even embarrassing, (0:07) something to either indulge quietly or suppress with guilt, but that misunderstanding is precisely (0:14) why so many feel internally divided. Sexual desire is not a craving that begins in the body, (0:22) it is a current that moves through the entire psyche. It is the first surge of life itself, (0:29) the same force that pushes a seed to break open the soil and reach toward the sun.

(0:37) Long before it seeks pleasure, it seeks expression. If you pay attention, you'll (0:43) notice that desire appears before thought. It rises without asking permission.

That alone (0:50) should tell you something important. It does not belong to the rational mind. (0:55) It belongs to a deeper layer of you, a layer that speaks in images, impulses and longing.

(1:01) When people say they feel driven, restless or hungry for more, they are often describing sexual (1:07) energy without realising it. This energy is neutral by nature, it has no moral direction (1:13) until the conscious mind gives it one. The tragedy is that most people never learn how to guide it, (1:18) instead they allow culture, fear and shame to decide for them.

(1:24) When sexual desire is misunderstood, it becomes fragmented. It leaks into compulsions, distractions, (1:31) fantasies and addictions. It seeks quick relief rather than meaningful creation.

(1:38) This is why so many feel exhausted despite constant stimulation. The energy is being spent, (1:45) but nothing is being built. Yet observe what happens when this same force is met with awareness.

(1:52) When it is not immediately discharged, but held, felt and integrated, it begins to change its (1:59) quality. It no longer rushes outward, it turns inward and upward. Suddenly, it fuels imagination.

(2:08) Ideas arrive with intensity, focus deepens, the individual feels more alive, (2:15) more present, more capable of sustained effort. What was once labelled temptation reveals itself (2:22) as potential. This is why highly creative individuals often describe their work with (2:29) language that sounds unmistakably erotic obsession, passion, fire, hunger.

(2:36) They are not speaking metaphorically, they are describing a transmutation. The energy that (2:42) could have been lost in momentary pleasure has been redirected into meaning. This is not (2:48) accidental, it is psychological necessity.

Energy cannot be destroyed, only transformed. (2:55) When this transformation does not occur, the psyche suffers. Repressed desire does not disappear, (3:02) it becomes distorted.

It turns into anxiety, irritability, resentment or a vague sense of (3:10) emptiness. People then search desperately for stimulation, believing something outside them (3:17) will restore what feels missing. But what is missing is not pleasure, it is purpose.

Sexual (3:24) energy, when denied a higher outlet, revolts. This is why moralizing desire has never worked. (3:31) You cannot shame a fundamental force of life into obedience.

The psyche does not respond (3:38) to condemnation, it responds to understanding. Once you recognize that sexual desire is creative (3:45) energy, not merely physical appetite, your relationship with it changes. You stop asking, (3:52) how do I get rid of this? And start asking, what is this trying to build through me? (3:58) At that moment, responsibility enters the picture.

Not repression, not indulgence. (4:05) Responsibility. To carry strong desire is to carry strong power, and power demands (4:12) consciousness.

Without it, the individual becomes possessed by impulses they do not understand. (4:20) With it, the same impulses become fuel for growth. This is the difference between being (4:25) driven and being directed.

Look carefully at your life. Where do you feel restless? (4:30) Where do you feel an urge for intensity, connection or expression? These are not flaws (4:36) in your character. They are signals.

The psyche speaks first through desire because desire moves (4:42) us. It refuses stagnation. It pushes us toward becoming more than we are.

When ignored, (4:49) it becomes destructive. When listened to, it becomes visionary. The world is filled with people (4:56) who have learned how to consume, but not how to create.

They discharge energy repeatedly and (5:03) wonder why nothing changes. Creation requires containment. It requires the ability to stay with (5:11) the tension of desire without immediately resolving it.

This tension is uncomfortable, (5:16) yes, but it is also where transformation happens. In that inner pressure, the personality (5:22) reorganizes itself around something higher. So the question is not whether you have sexual desire.

(5:28) The question is whether you are unconscious of it, or in dialogue with it. Whether it drains (5:33) you or builds you. Whether it keeps you chasing sensations or leads you toward meaning.

(5:38) This force will shape your life regardless. The only choice is whether it does so blindly (5:46) or consciously. When you examine your sexual attractions honestly, without judgment or (5:53) justification, you begin to encounter parts of yourself that have long remained unseen.

(6:00) Desire does not choose its objects at random. It is selective, symbolic and deeply personal. (6:08) What draws you in carries psychological meaning, whether you are aware of it or not.

(6:16) Every attraction is a message from the unconscious, written in the language of images and emotion (6:24) rather than logic. People often believe they desire another person for who that person is. (6:30) But more often, they desire what that person represents.

Strength, freedom, tenderness, (6:36) danger, authority, innocence, creativity. These qualities stir something dormant within. (6:43) Desire is rarely about possession.

It is about recognition. You see something in the other that (6:51) resonates with an unexpressed part of yourself, and the psyche responds with intensity. This is (6:59) certain patterns repeat themselves in attraction.

The same type of person, the same emotional (7:06) dynamic, the same rise and collapse. These repetitions are not accidents of fate. They (7:14) are unfinished psychological conversations.

The unconscious returns to the same symbol until it (7:21) is understood. Until then, the individual remains compelled, mistaking compulsion for choice. (7:29) Consider how often people are drawn to what they consciously claim to avoid.

(7:35) They may admire kindness, yet feel magnetized toward cruelty, speak of stability, yet crave chaos, (7:44) long for closeness, yet pursue distance. These contradictions reveal a divided inner life. (7:52) Desire exposes where the personality is split, where traits have been disowned and projected (7:59) outward.

What you cannot live within yourself, you seek through another. Attraction also reveals (8:06) unresolved wounds. Early experiences leave impressions that shape the way the psyche (8:12) understands love, safety, and power.

Sexual desire often circles these impressions, attempting to (8:20) resolve them through repetition. The psyche is not interested in comfort. It is interested in (8:27) completion.

It will recreate familiar emotional landscapes, even painful ones, in the hope that (8:35) this time the outcome will change. This is why mere willpower cannot break certain patterns. (8:42) You may decide to choose better, yet find yourself pulled back into the same dynamics.

(8:49) The attraction does not come from conscious preference. It comes from unconscious identification. (8:56) Until the underlying meaning is brought into awareness, desire continues to operate as fate.

(9:03) But once you look closely, the spell begins to weaken. You start to ask not, (9:09) who am I attracted to, but what quality am I responding to? This shift is subtle, (9:15) but profound. Suddenly, desire becomes a teacher rather than a tyrant.

(9:21) You begin to see that what you admire, envy, or fear in others is something your own psyche is (9:28) urging you to integrate. If you are drawn to confidence, perhaps you have silenced your own (9:33) authority. If you crave intensity, perhaps you have numbed your own vitality.

If you desire (9:40) gentleness, perhaps you have been too harsh with yourself. Desire points toward what seeks (9:45) expression within you. It shows you the parts of the self that have been neglected, suppressed, (9:50) or undeveloped.

This understanding brings humility. You can no longer simply blame (9:56) the outside world for your attractions, nor can you romanticize them as destiny. (10:01) They become mirrors, sometimes flattering, sometimes disturbing.

And mirrors demand (10:07) courage. To see yourself clearly means to relinquish the comfort of illusion. (10:13) Many resist this moment.

It is easier to remain enchanted than to become conscious. (10:19) Enchantment allows projection. Consciousness demands responsibility.

(10:25) When projection collapses, the other is no longer charged with impossible expectations. (10:32) Desire loses its compulsive edge and gains depth. Relationships change because the individual has (10:41) changed.

This does not mean desire disappears. On the contrary, it becomes richer, more grounded, (10:49) more human. It is no longer fuelled by lack, but by connection.

No longer driven by unconscious (10:57) need, but by conscious choice. The individual moves from being possessed by desire to being (11:05) in relationship with it. In this way, sexual attraction becomes a path to self-knowledge.

(11:11) Each longing becomes a clue. Each fascination becomes an invitation to reclaim something (11:17) essential. What once kept you trapped in repetition now guides you toward wholeness.

(11:23) There is a quiet difference between a mind that is ruled by desire and a mind that has learned (11:29) to contain it. One feels scattered, pulled in many directions at once, forever reacting. (11:35) The other feels centered, deliberate, capable of sustained effort.

This difference is not a matter (11:41) of morality, but of structure. Sexual energy is powerful precisely because it moves the psyche (11:47) so easily. When it is left without direction, it fragments attention.

When it is given a channel, (11:54) it sharpens the will. Uncontrolled desire does not merely distract. (12:00) It weakens inner coherence.

The individual becomes accustomed to immediate discharge, (12:06) to quick relief rather than meaningful tension. Over time, this erodes patience. (12:13) The mind learns to escape discomfort instead of staying with it.

Focus shortens. Impulses multiply. (12:23) What appears as pleasure is often a form of fatigue, a repeated draining of energy without renewal.

(12:32) This is why compulsive stimulation rarely satisfies. Each release promises relief, (12:39) yet leaves behind a subtle emptiness. The psyche senses that something valuable has been spent (12:47) without return.

The will grows softer, less capable of resistance. Decisions become reactive (12:55) rather than chosen. One impulse follows another, and the individual wonders where their sense of (13:03) authority has gone.

But something remarkable happens when desire is not immediately acted upon. (13:10) When it is allowed to exist without discharge, the psyche enters a state of heightened tension. (13:18) This tension is uncomfortable, but it is also fertile.

It gathers energy. It forces the (13:26) individual to remain present with themselves. Instead of escaping into action, the mind turns (13:33) inward and begins to organize.

This is where discipline is often misunderstood. Discipline (13:40) is not suppression. Suppression drives energy into the unconscious, where it returns distorted.

(13:48) Discipline is conscious containment. It is the ability to hold energy without fear, (13:54) to remain in dialogue with it rather than be overwhelmed by it. In this state, desire becomes (14:00) concentrated rather than scattered.

Concentration changes everything. Attention deepens. Thought (14:08) becomes more ordered.

The individual experiences a growing sense of inner solidity. This is not (14:16) rigidity, but coherence. The psyche begins to trust itself.

The will strengthens because it (14:24) is no longer constantly undermined by impulse. Each time desire is consciously directed, (14:30) the individual reinforces their capacity for self-command. This self-con does not come from (14:38) force.

It emerges from understanding the cost of unconscious release. When a person recognizes (14:45) how much energy is lost through compulsive behavior, restraint becomes meaningful rather (14:50) than punitive. The mind begins to value its own clarity.

Desire is no longer an enemy to be fought, (14:59) but a power to be wielded. Directed desire naturally seeks higher expression. It moves (15:06) toward work that requires intensity, toward goals that demand persistence.

(15:12) The same energy that once chased sensation now fuels concentration. The individual discovers (15:19) an unexpected source of endurance. Tasks that once felt draining now feel absorbing.

Effort (15:27) becomes less about struggle and more about flow. Over time, this changes the personality. (15:35) The individual becomes less reactive, less easily provoked.

Emotional stability increases. (15:43) This is not numbness, but resilience. The psyche learns that it can withstand tension without (15:51) collapsing.

This capacity extends beyond sexuality into every area of life. (15:58) Challenges are met with steadiness rather than urgency. It is here that true strength develops, (16:05) not the loud strength of domination, but the quiet strength of self-possession.

(16:11) The individual no longer needs constant affirmation or stimulation. There is an inner (16:17) reservoir to draw from. Decisions are made with clarity because the mind is not hijacked by (16:24) unexamined urges.

This does not mean desire disappears. On the contrary, it becomes more vivid, (16:33) more integrated. Because it is no longer wasted, it retains its vitality.

Desire and will begin (16:41) to work together rather than against each other. The individual experiences a sense of alignment, (16:48) as though their inner forces are finally cooperating. When desire is directed, (16:54) the psyche feels purposeful.

There is less internal conflict, less self-betrayal. The (17:01) individual becomes capable of long-term vision. They can delay gratification not out of fear, (17:08) but out of respect for something greater they are building.

This is the mark of maturity, (17:15) not the absence of desire, but the mastery of it. Most people are taught to see sexual desire as a (17:22) fleeting bodily impulse, something to be either pursued or hidden away. Few recognize that within (17:29) that intensity lies a map to their own potential.

The very force they are tempted to fear, resist, (17:36) or deny is the same force that can ignite courage, creativity, and purpose. Every surge of longing (17:45) carries a message, a hint of what the self is capable of if it is understood rather than (17:53) suppressed. Many run from desire because it feels dangerous.

It feels untamed, unpredictable, (18:02) overwhelming. They mistake its intensity for something immoral or shameful, and so they (18:08) spend years trying to distract themselves, to numb the fire rather than understand it. (18:14) Yet the truth is that the energy is not the enemy.

Its danger lies only in ignorance, (18:21) in the failure to recognize it as a messenger, not a tyrant. Within its heat lies the spark (18:29) of transformation. The very force that draws you toward another can also draw you toward yourself, (18:38) toward your destiny.

If you pay attention, you realize that the most magnetic people, (18:45) the most influential, the most creative, are often those who have not rejected this energy, (18:52) but have allowed it to refine them. They have learned to move with it rather than against it. (18:59) The intensity that once might have consumed them now becomes fuel for action.

What they desired (19:05) in fleeting moments becomes a mirror of what they can embody in life itself. Sexual desire, (19:12) in its essence, is raw, unshaped potential. It is life in its most concentrated form, (19:19) asking for direction.

This redirection does not mean repression. Repression only bends the energy (19:27) into shadows, anxiety, obsession, or distraction. The individual may appear disciplined on the (19:35) surface, but internally the force is still driving them unconsciously.

Transformation occurs when the (19:42) energy is recognized, owned, and elevated. The same fire that once sought temporary satisfaction (19:48) is now harnessed to create, to speak, to lead, to innovate. It becomes a conduit for becoming the (19:55) person you are meant to be.

Think of desire as a river. When left untamed, it can flood, (20:02) erode, and destroy. When damned, it stagnates, losing vitality.

But when directed, it powers (20:09) mills, irrigates lands, and brings life to regions that would otherwise remain barren. (20:15) Sexual energy operates in the same way. It is the river of vitality within you.

Its current (20:22) can overwhelm or invigorate, depending on whether you guide it with awareness. Most avoid looking at (20:29) this truth because it forces them to confront themselves. Desire asks, Who am I? What have I (20:36) denied? What part of me has been hidden, neglected, or feared? It refuses to be ignored.

The psyche (20:45) does not rest until this energy is recognized, until it finds an outlet that is honest, (20:52) purposeful, and aligned with the deeper self. In running from desire, people run from themselves. (20:59) In embracing it, they find themselves.

This is why true personal power is inseparable from (21:06) the acknowledgement of desire. Courage, ambition, charisma, and even spiritual fire are all encoded (21:13) in this energy. It is raw life force, the most concentrated expression of vitality.

When (21:21) cultivated consciously, it transforms character. It sharpens perception, increases confidence, (21:29) and compels action. The person who has learned to integrate this energy walks differently in (21:35) the world.

They are no longer at the mercy of impulses. They are stewards of a potent inner (21:42) current. Yet this process is subtle.

It does not announce itself with fanfare. It appears in small (21:51) choices, the ability to delay gratification, the choice to act with purpose rather than compulsion, (21:58) the willingness to look inward instead of escaping outward. Each moment of conscious (22:04) engagement with desire builds mastery.

Over time, the energy is no longer scattered (22:11) but refined, no longer a source of distraction but of authority. It becomes the engine of (22:19) self-realization. The greatest calling you are seeking is hidden in the same energy you may have (22:26) feared.

The desire you cannot ignore is pointing to the life you were meant to live, the work you (22:32) were meant to do, the expression of yourself that will leave a mark on the world. What you (22:38) have been chasing outside of yourself is already encoded within you. Your longing is a compass.

(22:45) It is not about indulgence or avoidance. It is about alignment. It asks you to turn inward, (22:51) to recognize your potential, and to act on it.

Most people live lives of compromise, (22:57) never daring to channel their deepest energy. They may achieve success in conventional terms, (23:04) but there is always a subtle sense of incompleteness, of energy unspent, of power (23:10) untapped. Those who understand desire, who honor it as a force of life rather than a threat, (23:18) do not experience this emptiness.

They live fully, passionately, deliberately. The fire that once felt (23:26) dangerous now illuminates the path forward. And when you finally accept that the very energy you (23:32) feared holds the blueprint of who you are meant to become, you stop running and begin rising.














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KYABJE DILGO KHYENTSE RINPOCHE

"When we recognize a thought, that recognition alone will not liberate it. It is not that we should not recognize it; it must be recognized.

"But then when recognizing it, without grasping at the thought, the basis from which it arises – the unaltered natural state of mind pointed out by our teacher – should also be recognized.

"When we look at that recognition, the strength of the thought is broken, and the recognition of the intrinsic nature becomes stronger. Then no reaction can be produced. Once we cease producing a reaction, since thoughts in themselves are self-arising and self-liberating, we will find the source of that liberation.

"Being taken in by a thought is like being afraid of a man wearing a lion's mask. But if we know that the nature of thoughts is emptiness, like realizing that it is only a man wearing a mask, the strength of the thought will be broken and we will naturally relax."

"Oral Instructions on 'Three Words That Strike The Vital Point' – on Action – Collected Works, Vol III" 
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