Anatomy of Desire: How to Be Happy Even When You Don't Get What You Want

Gina Lake

Endless Satsang Foundation, 2007 - Religion - 154 pages

We expect that getting what we want will finally make us happy, but what we find is that it mostly just leads to wanting more or wanting something different. Our desires toss us to and fro until we tire of this and begin to question the value of following our desires. Anatomy of Desire will help you understand desire and its purpose in your life. It will also help you discriminate between your Heart's desires and the ego's and to relate to the ego's desires in a way that reduces suffering and increases joy. By pointing out the myths about desire that keep us tied to our ego's desires and the suffering they cause, Anatomy of Desire will help you be happy regardless of your desires and whether you are attaining them. So it is also about spiritual freedom, or liberation, which comes from following the Heart, our deepest desires, instead of the ego's desires. It is about becoming a lover of life rather than a desirer.

About the author

Gina Lake is a spiritual teacher and the author of numerous books about awakening to one’s true nature, including Trusting Life, Embracing the Now, Radical Happiness, Living in the Now, Return to Essence, Loving in the Moment, What About Now? Anatomy of Desire, and Getting Free. She is also a gifted intuitive with a master's degree in counseling psychology and over twenty years experience supporting people in their spiritual growth. Her website offers information about her books, online courses, teleseminars, free e-books, book excerpts, a monthly newsletter, a blog, and audio and video recordings:
http://www.radicalhappiness.com

Bibliographic information

• Title: Anatomy of Desire: How to Be Happy Even When You Don't Get What You Want
• Author: Gina Lake
• Publisher: Endless Satsang Foundation, 2007
• ISBN: 0615137628, 9780615137629
• Length: 154 pages
• Subjects: Religion / General