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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

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The great Pascal said, “You never would have sought me had you not already found me.” What you now desire you already have and you seek it only because you have already found it.
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To desire a state is to have it. As Pascal has said, “You would not have sought me had you not already found me.”
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you are actually looking into the face of Jesus, for you are seeing the state that could save you from where you are or what you are
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Now take that as your savior.
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So Jesus is all-inclusive, meaning everything you desire.
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My saviour is my desire. As I want something I am looking into the eyes of my saviour. But if I continue wanting it, I deny my Jesus
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now that you have found that which would save you from what you are
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When you know what you want to be you have found your Jesus or saviour.
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if at this very moment you have an unfulfilled ambition, then you are entertaining that which denies the fulfillment of the ambition, and that which denies it is Barabbas
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The state I seek to embody is personified in the story as Jesus the Saviour.
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For to desire is to confess that you do not now possess what you desire, and because all things are yours, you rob yourself by living in the state of desire.
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remember, what you desire, that you have
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When you know what you want in place of what you are, then you are seeing your savior, your Jesus.
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When you define the solution to the problem, do you know what you are actually seeing? You are seeing Jesus, for Jesus means “to save.”
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To desire a state is to have it. As Pascal said, “You would not have sought me had you not already found me.”
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