The Zen of Advaita - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

this frustration with thisparticular want (image), and if Ido not I will be depressed, sad,angry, disappointed, etc. etc.All of this, coupled withstrategies to get and have thesensation labeled as a want/desire, overrides the automaticmechanism. All of this is to beunfused and uncoupled in order tosee the fallacy of “The cause ofsuffering is desire.”Understanding this might givea glimpse into the popularityand yet frustrated attemptsof the Post-Modern therapiesand spiritualities to deliverthe promised results. In shortthis non-verbal organization ispopular precisely because itoffers an exact replica of themind’s unprocessed “age-regressed”organization. For example:“If I just do it right, or if Ijust change something, or if Ifind out the reason I did not getwhat I want and change it (makeanother choice, change my beliefs,change my behaviors, and become85