When I reread and ponder those passages in the chapter on Ashiata Shiemash, it seems to be saying that if suffering and sorrow is the result of satisfying desires, then joy must be the result of non desire. A pathway to non desire would be accepting what is, what life puts before us, without aversion and trying to escape from our responsibilities. To serve consciously without expectation of reward. Without striving for the rewards of happiness which we expect will come from satisfying our desire. Joy comes naturally if we don't desire. I dont believe this is referring to the natural needs (desires) of our planetary body or the innate desire to evolve. We must learn to distinguish between natural, innate, useful desires and corrupting desires.
In BTTHG G says that suffering (and presumably sorrow) is the result of the struggle between our animal nature and our spiritual nature, or in other words between our planetary nature and our efforts to evolve and create a soul (which relates to the above saying). To decrease our sorrow we must consciously work to assist the non desires to predominate over the desires. This also suggests that sorrow arises when the opposite occurs, I.e our desires predominate over our nom desires.
When I reread and ponder those passages in the chapter on Ashiata Shiemash, it seems to be saying that if suffering and sorrow is the result of satisfying desires, then joy must be the result of non desire. A pathway to non desire would be accepting what is, what life puts before us, without aversion and trying to escape from our responsibilities. To serve consciously without expectation of reward. Without striving for the rewards of happiness which we expect will come from satisfying our desire. Joy comes naturally if we don't desire. I dont believe this is referring to the natural needs (desires) of our planetary body or the innate desire to evolve. We must learn to distinguish between natural, innate, useful desires and corrupting desires.
In BTTHG G says that suffering (and presumably sorrow) is the result of the struggle between our animal nature and our spiritual nature, or in other words between our planetary nature and our efforts to evolve and create a soul (which relates to the above saying). To decrease our sorrow we must consciously work to assist the non desires to predominate over the desires. This also suggests that sorrow arises when the opposite occurs, I.e our desires predominate over our nom desires.
Blessed is he that hath a soul. Blessed is he that hath none, but grief and sorrow are to him that hath in himself it's conception.