This episode explores the challenges we face in trying to manage our diverse and wild desires, our "Madness from the Gods."

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Recent discoveries from the field of neuroscience teach us that what we believe and what we believe in can greatly impact our well-being. This episode explores some different kinds of stories about God we tend to believe and how that impacts our relationship with desire.

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When we talk about desire we often think of the objects of our affection: fast cars, big houses, beautiful bodies. Even if we don't know why we want these things, they can consume our energy and attention. We often chase these objects while remaining oblivious to our true desires.

Meanwhile, leaving our true desires unfulfilled leads to diminishing happiness in our life. These desires won't go away, and they won't be fooled by half-measures. It takes work, but if we put in the effort to identify these true desires, we will discover the divine intent in each one and the happiness that comes in having them fulfilled.

This episode defines what desire is in its purest from, offers language for identifying our basic desires and illustrates God's invitation for us to deeply engage these desires for our good.

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