YouTube: Desire, Expression, Attraction
Much has been written about the so-called law of attraction. This usually involves techniques of setting one’s intention on a positive mental and emotional environment that will draw success and riches. On the other end of the scale, there are also spiritual disciplines that consider desire as a negative trap inside the maze of materiality. Expression, as we’ll consider it here, is often the piece that is overlooked.
Desire can be a two-edged sword, especially when it is disconnected from its spiritual source. In short, we desire more in life because our spiritual essence continually calls us to rise above restrictions we have accepted as normal to the human experience. At the root of all desire is our need for freedom. If we connect freedom with the acquisition of things, we may get the things but not the freedom. This is where expression comes into play.
Expression is the actual experience of the freedom we desire. Is it possible to experience freedom when there are material restrictions in place? This is the question we are challenged to answer. We are called to look beyond what we think of as material solutions to our desire for freedom, and we seek to experience freedom itself. We turn from material appearances and release attachment to specific outcomes until we express internally the freedom we desire. This inner experience and expression of freedom is the governing influence of the law of attraction.
We do not invoke the law of attraction. Like gravity, this law never ceases to operate. We work with gravity by achieving balance, setting objects of value in places they will not fall and break, and by putting aerodynamic wings on our airplanes for lift. We do not invoke the law of gravity; we cooperate. Likewise, we become internally that which will reflect externally as the types of conditions we desire. Freedom within attracts conditions of freedom without.
Desire should not be suppressed; it should be understood. At the root of all desire is the soul seeking greater expression. As we let the light of the soul shine, the natural law of attraction becomes our friend.
J Douglas Bottorff 
Hello, Doug,
Thinking of you this morning. I occasionally listen to a podcast by the neurosurgeon Dr. Lee Warren entitled “Self-Brain Surgery.” Monday’s 22 minute podcast was about grief (he also has lost a son) and has some good (and helpful) points if you would care to listen. I’ve read his book I’ve Seen the Last of You about dealing with patients and their families who have been diagnosed with the glioblastoma diagnosis (a deadly brain cancer). Very good. He comes from a conservative evangelical background so be aware. https://drleewarren.transistor.fm/episodes/the-grief-carousel-mind-change-monday
Hi Jackie,
Thank you for thinking of us. We will check out the video.
Blessings to you.
Doug