The Lure of Reaching

The most important thing to understand about the lure of reaching is the less attachment to “I” there is the less you will be lured in because without “I” there’s no one who needs to reach…

The lure of reaching is so enticing because it’s actually satisfying; this is why the lure is so powerful. There’s only issue with this because of the impermanent nature of reaching. It simply will not last, it has no staying power so something will always be needed almost immediately following the attainment of whatever is reached for. Think about it, with all the things that have been reached for throughout your life regardless of what it was, it doesn’t bring the satisfaction now that it brought at that time. Most times even if the same exact thing is physically repeated it’s usually not as satisfying as the first experience. I used so many things as I was lured in by my reaching conditioning, but it never lasted; the lure of the next reach always arose. This went on all the time, reaching for one thing after another and never staying satisfied.

I’ve come to understand this lure of reaching as the main reason people start using and become addicted to things. If needing satisfaction wasn’t sought, nothing would be reached for so there would never be an addiction. But unfortunately the lure of reaching has its way with people. It’s deeply ingrained in the subconscious and has been in place since existence began. I know this lure of reaching is what was controlling me for forty nine years and it was directly associated with “I”. Without “I” no one is there to be lured. Even with this understanding the lure of reaching doesn’t just disappear, but it does subside somewhat. To me the most important thing to understand about this is, the less attachment there is to “I” the less you will be lured in because without “I” there’s no one who needs to reach for the next satisfaction…