Enticed Reaching

The most important thing to understand about enticed reaching is the less attachment there is to “I” the less you will be enticed to reach for something you think is needed for satisfaction…

Enticed reaching is so powerful because what’s reached for is actually satisfying; this is why enticed reaching is so addicting. There’s issue with this because of the impermanent nature of being satisfied. Satisfaction simply will not last, it has no staying power so something will always be needed following the attainment of whatever is reached for. Think about it, with all the things you have been enticed to reach 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 enticed by my reaching conditioning, but it never lasted; the next enticed reaching always arose. This went on all the time, reaching for one thing after another and never staying satisfied.

I’ve come to understand this enticed 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. Unfortunately, enticed reaching has its way with people. It’s deeply ingrained in the subconscious and has been in place since the beginning of human form. I know this enticed reaching is what controlled me for forty nine years and it was directly associated with “I”. Without “I” no one is there to be enticed. Even with this understanding enticed 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 enticed to reach because without “I” there’s no one who needs the next satisfaction…