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Podcast: Conversations with Dr. Jennifer
Episode: Want vs Desire
Description: **Click HERE to learn more about Dr. Finlayson-Fife's Enhancing Sexual Intimacy course**
Many of us have been taught the misguided idea that to be virtuous we must be desireless.
Not all desires are created equal, and there is an important distinction to be made between our lower and higher desires. Lower desires are driven by our ego—they are self-serving, driven by our need to feel good, and are antithetical to spiritual development. Higher desires, on the other hand, encourage our growth and expansion, these are the desires that promote our development and increase our ab...