ALTERED AMBITIONS: A Chronicle of Changing Aspirations Miok: What's wrong with desire? Chris: Yeah – what's the implication here? Are we supposed to renounce all desire? Tim: How should I know? I only wrote the poem – that doesn't mean that it understand it! Cantara: Perhaps we should remember not all desires are equal. Some are mere mindless hankerings. Others arise from a deeper source promoting well-being. There was a time I desired beauty but slowly this body aged After that I hankered for wealth only to see how quickly money passes away Later I aspired for wisdom But soon recognized foolishness as my fate Now I desire not to desire and simply ob serve what passes breath by breath the emptiness of space manifests again & again – death be / tween life bet / ween d / eath Chris: Isn't the problem that most men have two "brains": one in their heads and another between their legs? Miok: Only two? Don't we have multiple brains? I often hear voices from my stomach and throat. My feet also frequently speak to me. Cantara: Indeed. Also, there is an intelligence outside of our bodies. Haven't you ever spoken with trees or felt the energy of this whole planet? Chris: (Shaking his head) Sorry – I'm not that delusional. ===================================================================================== from Heart Scenes: Emotional Landscapes via Art, Poetry, & Prose by T Newfields Summary: An image, poem, and conversation about how desire changes with age and the multiplicity of desires. Keywords: human desires, shifting aspirations, desirelessness, non-hankering Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 1994 in Shizuoka, Japan ☆ Finished: 2017 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/HeartScenes/inpearl.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/HeartScenes/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/HeartScenes/hh.htm TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH https://www.tnewfields.info/de/ehr.htm ESPAÑOL https://www.tnewfields.info/es/amb.htm FRANÇAIS https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/ambi.htm NIHONGO https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/yuganda.htm ZHŌNGWÉN https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/baofu.htm