Some of the most interesting colours in our life come out of the contrast we live in. Example of one such contrast is mentioned in the Hindu Epic "Mahabharata", as identified by king Yudhisthir when he was questioned by Lord Yama: " दुनिया में सबसे बड़ा आश्चर्य क्या है ?" and he replied: "भगवन सभी जानतें हैं कि मृत्यु अवय्शाम्भावी है फिर भी कोई मरना नहीं चाहता, यही दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा आश्चर्य है." Similarly there are various other contrasts which we live with due to wrong understanding of definitions regarding life and its numerous concepts, but let us focus on the one which is common to all the humanity in this world"We 'Aspire' one and We 'Desire' another."
The question is that what is the difference between "Aspire" and "Desire", both are synonyms to each other. If you give a close look into a dictionary you will find Desire is a wish to have something or somebody whereas Aspire is a wish to achieve something.As per the theological postulates we all are made by the almighty to achieve some goal or to play a particular role in this world so our heart is made to remind us of our goal and our brain is designed to assist our heart in its quest, but unfortunately the brain use to get attracted by the glossiness of the futile worldly allurement.
Now when our heart reminds us of our quest it is manifested as "Aspiration" and when our brain crave for glossiness it is manifested as "Desire". Therefore obviously when you pursue your aspirations both heart and mind use to work in tandem to realise the real, the goal. But when you pursue your desires, only the mind get satisfied and the heart feels the pain of dissatisfaction and you will complain: " Oh! I achieved what I wanted to but yet I am not satisfied".
You start your journey afresh but again towards another folly and use to meet the same or rather worse fate.Thus you use to live a prosperous yet desolate life.
Therefore it is very important for us to try to find out what our aspirations are. To identify the aspirations and the desires we need to identify the passion and the ambition separately as aspiration manifest itself as passion and desire manifest itself as ambition. Passion is something which we love to engage ourselves in whereas Ambition is something which we love to get for ourselves.
While chasing the ambitions we get ourselves engaged into it and start to believe that the ambition is our passion which is certainly not the case and hence comes into existence the eternal contrast, the mother of all painful follies in our life.
But if you live for passion, you will never get bored or exhausted because when we live the passion we find some unexplored dimensions waiting to be identified by ourselves and these discoveries make our heart satisfied and happy with all the transient and materialistic pains in our lives.Hence comes into existence the source of indomitable happiness.
So the prime difference between the aspiration or passion and desire or ambition is that while discovering the former we enjoy the inexpressible blithe but while chasing the later we feel like shackled.
Another big difference which is very obvious is that while chasing the desire we get distracted but while discovering the aspiration we get more concentrated.
However the moot question is remain the same that what makes us to aspire one and desire another and the answer is very cruel: It is a game designed by nature which has made it to happen like that and then provided us with the power to identify and act wisely to liberate ourselves. That is why the great Swami Vivekananda had told: We all are sent by almighty to learn the art of self-control but by the time we learn to do, it gets too late. But this does not mean that one should not try to learn it because ultimately it will get late and therefore Swami Ji again says: There is no harm in making mistakes, bless your mistakes which help you to get to the right. Further he reveals the way to get rid of this dilemma: "Whenever you get confused, blindly follow your heart because heart knows much more than the brain because brain decides on the logic of the present situations whereas the heart knows the future as well".
So next time whenever your heart and brain go either ways just make your brain follow the wise and passionate heart.
While chasing the ambitions we get ourselves engaged into it and start to believe that the ambition is our passion which is certainly not the case and hence comes into existence the eternal contrast, the mother of all painful follies in our life.But if you live for passion, you will never get bored or exhausted because when we live the passion we find some unexplored dimensions waiting to be identified by ourselves and these discoveries make our heart satisfied and happy with all the transient and materialistic pains in our lives.Hence comes into existence the source of indomitable happiness.
So the prime difference between the aspiration or passion and desire or ambition is that while discovering the former we enjoy the inexpressible blithe but while chasing the later we feel like shackled.
Another big difference which is very obvious is that while chasing the desire we get distracted but while discovering the aspiration we get more concentrated.
However the moot question is remain the same that what makes us to aspire one and desire another and the answer is very cruel: It is a game designed by nature which has made it to happen like that and then provided us with the power to identify and act wisely to liberate ourselves. That is why the great Swami Vivekananda had told: We all are sent by almighty to learn the art of self-control but by the time we learn to do, it gets too late. But this does not mean that one should not try to learn it because ultimately it will get late and therefore Swami Ji again says: There is no harm in making mistakes, bless your mistakes which help you to get to the right. Further he reveals the way to get rid of this dilemma: "Whenever you get confused, blindly follow your heart because heart knows much more than the brain because brain decides on the logic of the present situations whereas the heart knows the future as well".So next time whenever your heart and brain go either ways just make your brain follow the wise and passionate heart.
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