Is There a Difference Between Want and Desire?

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Distinguishing between want and desire may be confusing to most people. What you mostly know stands side by side is “want versus need.” People often categorize the needs of a person as the most important things in their lives. And if they do without these things, including values, relationships, and lifestyle, their existence would not make sense. While this is not entirely false, your wants are just as crucial to you. This time we will focus on the lens of wants and desires. Following the exercise carried out by the participants of a program with Joanna Shakti’s Ecstatic Intimacy, this difference will be highlighted.

Want and Desire Explained

Wants and desires are nearly similar in meaning, yet one sounds more indulging than the other. According to Ecstatic Intimacy, wants set boundaries or limitations. When a person circles around a want, it means emphasis is placed on the missing pieces in their lives. But this is also subject to the law of nature. Even though more energy is expelled to find that missing thing in our lives, it may become farther from us. Rather than finding it, we begin to attract what we lack, which is synonymous with our needs.

On the other hand, desire broadens our views on things. Unlike wants, desire needs to be felt and eventually described. Somehow, this works in agreement with the laws of the universe. As we crave or desire something, we begin to attract it to ourselves.

Turning Wants Into Desires

Consequently, making your wants your desires can get it faster to you than you ever imagined. So while you believe your life would receive a boost with that dream woman or man, don’t just wish it by merely wanting it; start to desire it.

Ecstatic Intimacy advises that by feeling your desire, you live a happier and more fulfilling life. At the same time, it comes sooner than expected. Along with your positive mindset and attitude, be sure to write down these wants and believe in them always!

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