Hunger?

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nisarga [nisarga]

 

Hi folks,

I would appreciate your views on the question:

"Is hunger an illusion?"

Thanks,

James

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You ask a wonderful question James about the nature of hunger. Here is the

definitive hint. No need for gratitude. This stuff is a piece of cake for me

(sorry for the reference to food!). I will pass this on to a

as well.

 

Hunger is an illusion right after having had breakfast. Gradually it appears

to become real before lunch and has to be dealt with in a fitting fashion.

This cycle continues indefinitely until the body drops. After that there is

the hunger to get another body (being born again). That hunger disappears

after having received a body.

 

Hunger is essentially the fundamental desire to survive. From that appear

thousands and millions of other hungers.

 

Meditation means to know the true nature of this hunger. That is why

meditation on the breath is taught in many traditions. In and out. The

hunger to breath is most fundamental to the body. One can't help it.

 

If you look at any spiritual practice (fasting, pranayama, meditation) they

all focus on hungers of various types. Through any one strand of hunger you

can go back to the fundamental hunger and understand its Source.

 

That fundamental hunger to know One's Own Nature calls. Always calls. The

Buddha Nature calls. The Original Face calls. It does not sing out, come to

me! Come and look at me! It calls by Simply Existing. By Simply Being! It

Calls ItSelf. It breathes It Self. With every breath the reminder is there.

It Sings to It Self!

 

Lots of Love

Harsha