Embracing Desire

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In this book, Louis Roy criticizes two different attitudes concerning our desires: either we are wary of our desires because of their potentially negative effects, or we try to satisfy as many of them as we can. Both attitudes focus on desires without examining the issue of desire. The solution is neither to suspect nor to multiply our various desires, but rather to intensify desire. Once desire has intensified, we can accept our desires and identify some of them as priorities for us to fulfill. We will then proceed not only with motivation but also with detachment, and therein lies the key to happiness.
Any human being wishes to be granted personal value as a unique individual worthy of respect. And we long to be desired by the person or persons we desire. Moreover, because of our infinitude, we are able to wonder if an infinite being, whom we respect without reserve, can find us desirable. The author explores this basic concern and describes the relationship of mutual desire between Jesus and his first disciples.
Thus, this book will appeal to educated readers interested in spirituality, psychology, literature, catechesis, and pastoral ministry.

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• Published by: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Published: 10 July 2019
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• EAN13: 9781532683862
• Language: English
• Document size: 1 MB

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Embracing Desire

Embracing Desire

Louis Roy

EMBRàCINg DESIRE

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Desire Described | 1 Layers of Desire | 1 Needs and Desires | 5 he Realiy Principle and Finiude | 8 he Horizon of Infiniude | 11

appiness | 16 Judaism and Happiness | 17 Crisianiy and Happiness | 18 Moral Laxiy | 20 Rigorism | 21 A Hierarcy | 24

Beyond Optimism and Pessimism | 26 On Human Poenial | 27 he Origins of Modern Opimism | 27 Seep and Goas | 29 No Neural Middle Ground | 30 Crisianiy Is Hope | 32

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Hree orms of ope | 34 Everyday Hope | 35 Religious Hope | 36 Crisian Hope | 38

Consecration of Desire | 42 he Hear Wic Does No Give Iself | 43 An Iniial Reconciliaion | 44 Accepance of e Negaive | 45 Aacmen-Deacmen | 46 Purificaion of Desire | 47

à PatH towards Mystery | 49 Our Amazing Desire | 49 Inviaion o Mysery | 50 Forms of Consciousness | 52 Some Feaures of Mysical Consciousness | 52 Rereading Cassian | 54 Mysical Consciousness and e Everyday | 55

Dissatisfaction | 56 A Transiion | 57 Complemenary Opposies | 59 Suppors | 60 Ambiguous Winessing | 62 A Difficul Tension | 63

Desirability | 65 Sared Energy | 65 he Quesion and e Experience of God | 68 he Awareness of Being Desirable | 71

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iberation of Desire | 73 Two Forms of Guil | 74 Sin as a Failure of Desire | 77 he Freedom a Jesus Offers | 80

Spiritual àccompaniment | 85 Love and Desire | 85 Ambivalence and Guil | 87 Recognizing Sin | 89 Inner Division | 91 Welcoming e Resurrecion | 92 Conclusion | 95

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