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Desires - the Engine of Change

by Bnei Baruch  Desires don't just pop out of the blue. They form unconsciously within us and surface only when they become something definable, such as, "I want a pizza." Before that, desires are either not felt, or at most, felt as general restlessness. We've all experienced that sense of wanting something but not quite knowing what it is. Well, it is a desire that has not yet ripened. Plato once said, "Necessity is the mother of invention," and he was right. Similarly, Kabbalah teaches us that the only way we can learn anything is by first wanting to learn it. It's a very simple formula: when we want something, we do what it takes to get it. We make the time, muster the energy, and develop the necessary skills. It turns out that the engine of change is desire. The way our desires evolve both defines and designs the entire history of humanity. As humankind's desires developed, they urged people to study their environment so they