Desire’s Mirage. (78 sec)

Him: I didn't want any of this. I wanted Chloe, I didn't want Zoe.

Her: You didn’t want what is or what never was. You wanted what you wanted, which was to hold onto your preconceived images. If you didn’t want Chloe, you didn’t want Zoe. If you wanted Zoe but you didn’t want Chloe, you really didn’t want Zoe because they’re one in the same.

Him: I see. I can get this lesson now, or I will have these same fantasies about another woman. I can see that accepting “what is” is always kinder to me than any idea I had. When I really see you, all questions vanish because then I know.

Mentor:

This dialogue digs into the ego’s relentless pursuit of a specific outcome — the desire for Chloe over Zoe is the mind’s tendency to fixate on preferences that stem from illusions. The lesson is realizing the falseness of such distinctions.

Our minds construct illusions of separation, labeling some things (or people) as preferable while rejecting others. But the "Chloe" and "Zoe" distinction is meaningless because both are projections of the same inner desire. True vision is accepting "what is," and transcends these mental constructs. When we accept reality without trying to alter it, as the man discovers, all fantasies dissolve, leaving only truth.

Holding onto specific desires traps us in cycles of dissatisfaction. Only by surrendering to what’s real can peace be found because Chloe and Zoe are the same, just as all illusions are merely different forms of the same egoic thought.

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Please forgive me.
Thank you.
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