小编：感恩家人的提醒，由于编辑疏漏，中文中遗漏了英文原文中的词，特在此篇中补上。已用红色字体注明，感恩大家。感恩无限之爱深入又细致的引领。❤️❤️❤️深深地感恩。
未被满足的欲望的危险性
没有被满足的欲望被留在了心中。那么，怀藏着它们的危害是什么呢？那就是：每一个欲望都包含着特定的能量，不管是好是坏，或者混合了两者。当你离世时，虽然你的肉体死亡了，但是这些内在的能量却没能消散。就像心智里的小报刊一样，无论你的灵魂走到哪儿，它都跟着，并且当你再投生时，这些小报刊也成为行为的倾向而被显现出来。因此，一个死于酗酒的人会带着酗酒的倾向再次投生；并且这会一直影随他，直到他将其克服。
甚至是最小的孩子的行为也揭示着某种前世的特征。一些孩子有着糟糕的易怒脾气，有一些孩子则多愁善感。这并不是上帝所为。前世没有被满足的欲望，塑造了他们这一世的心理倾向；并且，因为这些倾向，本来是以上帝的形象所打造出来的灵魂，却变得与祂不同。如果你内在的上帝的形象在今世被愤怒和恐惧扭曲了，而你又无法战胜这些非正常的特质，那你来生还是会携带着它们；并且你将会一直携带着这些制造痛苦的倾向之重担，直到你在未来的某一个转世中，能克服它们。
因此，更好的做法是，现在就解决或者克服所有的欲望。它们将在上帝临在的至高喜悦中瞬间被满足。不过，除非你能够知晓祂，否则你那未被克服的欲望都会一直尾随着你。
这里有两条路可以消除你的欲望——通过思考和辨识，或智慧，而领悟到只有上帝可以给你永恒, 纯真的幸福。在许多情况中，欲望都是隐藏在潜意识中。你认为它们被实现了，但实际上没有。生命确实是个伟大的谜，但是这谜却能在你使用理性的手术刀剖析时，被揭露开来。如果每天你都安静地坐一会儿，并在此刻分析你自己，你将会发现你有许多没被满足的欲望。它们像危险的病菌一样，被你携带着走，不管你去哪里，今生或来世，它们都会跟随着你。
最好的做法就是在这一世就清理掉所有危险的欲望，并通过辨识, 把专注力放在实现那些好的欲望上。如果你有自杀倾向，或想做恶事，那么现在就去除这些欲望吧!
用理性和良好的行动使自己信服，你就是上帝的孩子，是按祂的模样所造的。克服你的情绪和身体的习惯。不要执着。若采用这种方法，你将会胜利。如果你受困于某种慢性疾病，尝试在心智里将自己与身体意识分离。通过辨识，你会战胜感官。辨识是燃尽欲望的火焰。
通常一个人会将自己不想要的，不怎么需要的“垃圾” 放在一个阁楼里，然后一旦有机会，就来个大扫除。同样地，隐藏在你潜意识心智阁楼里的，有很多有潜在危险的欲望，并且有一天，它们可能会给你造成一个大麻烦。因此，非常重要的， 你应该去分析你自己，也许你是个心怀怨恨之人，或多愁善感之人，或者暴躁类型的人。如果是这样，这些特性就是你自己过去的行为所形成的结果。为了清理掉你心智阁楼里这些不需要的家具，你必须用力地采取正面的, 有建设性和富有爱的行动 。
——摘自于《人类永恒的追寻》
The Danger of Unfulfilled Desires
Unfulfilled desires remain in the heart. And what is the harm in harboring them? It is this: Every desire consists of specific forces, either good or evil, or a mixture of both. And when you die, though your body is gone, those forces do not die. As mental tabloids they follow your soul wherever it goes, and when you are reborn, these tabloids manifest as behavioral tendencies. Thus, a person who has died an alcoholic brings with him the tendency to alcoholism when he is reborn; and it remains with him until he overcomes desire for alcohol.
The behavior of even the smallest child reveals certain characteristics of past lives. Some children have terrible tempertantrums,- others are moody. God did not make them that way. Unfulfilled desires of past lives fashioned those psychological tendencies; and, because of them, the soul, even though made in the image of God, appears as some thing different. If the image of God within you is distorted in this life by anger or fear, and you do not conquer such uncharacteristic qualities now, you will be reborn with them; and you will have the burden of these misery-creating tendencies until you overcome them in some future incarnation.
It is better, therefore, to work out or overcome all your desires now. They would be finished immediately and for all time in thesupreme joy of God's presence,- but until you know Him, your unconquered desires will remain to hound you.
There are two ways of finishing your desires — by realizing, through reason and discrimination, or wisdom, that only God can give permanent unalloyed happiness; and by fulfillment. In many cases desires lie hidden within the subconscious. You think they are finished, but they are not.Life is indeed a great mystery,- but the mystery clears away when you dissectlife with the scalpel of reason. If every day you sit quietly for a little while and analyze yourself, you will discover that you have many unsatisfied desires. They are like dangerous germs that you carry through life, and wherever you go, in this life or the next, they will go with you.
The best course is to do away with all dangerous desires in this life, by discrimination, and to concentrate on fulfilling yourgood desires. If you feel drawn to commit suicide, or to do something evil, getrid of such desires now. Convince yourself, by reason and by good actions, that you are a child of God, made in His image, and rise above your moods and bodily habits. Be more detached. In this way you will conquer. If you suffer from achronic ailment, try mentally to separate yourself from the consciousness of the body. By discrimination you can conquer the senses. Discrimination is the fire that burns up desire.
It is a general practice to store in the attic all of one's unwanted, unnecessary "junk," and once in a while to have agood house cleaning. Similarly, hidden away in the attic of your subconscious mind are many potentially harmful desires that one day may give you great trouble. It is important, therefore, to analyze your self. Perhaps you are a hateful or moody or angry type of person. If so, these stored traits are the result of your own past behavior. In order to clean out your mental attic ofsuch unwanted furnishings, you must vigorously employ constructive, positive,loving action.
——from Man's Eternal Quest
