Is Desire Always the Root of All Suffering?
Aug 21, 2026
By John El-Mokadem
Perhaps surrender was never the opposite of intention?
How do we reconcile some of the ancient traditions which point to attachment to outcomes being the source of suffering, and manifestation principles which suggest actually shaping the outcomes of our lives?
It’s a great question, and one we explored as part of a recent group call on our program: ‘The Shift’
For me, the two aren’t actually in conflict, even though it seems like they might be.
The first points to what appears to me to be a fundamental truth. The more we attach to outcomes and seek something in their creation, the more we suffer because we are postponing our wholeness and our peace until the achievement of that outcome.
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First published on our Substack, Breakthrough That, on 21 August 2026.
