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The desired state is the saviour (Jesus), the one who would save one from what one is: to look at one's desire is to look into the eyes of one's saviour. But to go on wanting is to confess that one is not, and so to deny him; the state of desire itself (Barabbas) robs one of what one could be, since all things are already one's own. One would not seek it had one not already found it, in the form of desire (after Pascal).
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Pascal | You never would have sought me had you not already found me
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My saviour is my desire
As I want something I am looking into the eyes of my saviour
to desire is to confess that you do not now possess what you desire
you rob yourself by living in the state of desire
When you know what you want to be you have found your Jesus or saviour
You found it in the form of desire
It is just as real in the form of desire as it is going to be to your bodily organs
To desire a state is to have it
what you desire, that you have