Episode 16. Desire.Noel opens with an invitation to "go to the limits of your longing," and from there, this episode moves less like a lecture and more like an accordion, in and out of the same idea from different angles, the way desire itself actually works.We get into why the ultimate desire, underneath all the others, is to be loving and to be loved, and why that's tied to truth even when the truth is inconvenient or badly timed. We talk about the difference between desire and ambition, using Siddhartha's wedding as an example of how nothing is wasted on the way to a goal, even when the original goal never lands. We get into purity of heart as willing one thing, being "sent out beyond recall" once something is made public, and why writing a book (or making a podcast) is often less a plan and more an acquiescence, a yes to something that was already asking to be expressed.It closes with something more personal: a poem Noel wrote for a friend, Judith, and a reflection on the people who've shaped us in ways we don't always recognize until much later, or until they're gone.Watch the full episode now.FOLLOW AND SUPPORT THE SHOWPatreon //https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheHingePodcastSpotify //https://open.spotify.com/show/02iFmPgtRleZjIFHVnrE7EInstagram //https://www.instagram.com/thehingepodcastTiktok //https://www.tiktok.com/@thehingepodcastWrite to us at - thehingepodcast@gmail.comThe Hinge is a conversation between Noel O'Driscoll and Jake Esman — on psychology, spirituality, the examined life, and what it means to be human.#philosophy #spirituality #religion #psychology