Burningness

Already, the intention is wearing away - the fleetingness of desire; a habit is something else, habits that harness and renew desire are apparently worth cultivating. I can foresee the ready objection - it all depends whether the habit is 'good' or 'bad', yet the relativity of these terms (no surprises there, post-Nietzsche) or at least their inevitable play of relation, renders this consideration surely secondary? No, from the perspective currently adopted, it is the burningness of the desire which is clearly paramount.

The limit case for this is once again death, or more precisely dying. The monk or nun who has trained his inner fire, via the practice of meditation, to extend or intensify (it seems crucial that fire works on each of these dimensions, and by extension, I don't mean chronological longevity, I mean that quality of fire which allows it to catch, to catch ablaze) to perpetuate consciousness - as in thukdam - has first acquired and then consolidated habit: this is what is meant by practice. Practice is the only way to build bridges, or at least such a bridge as this.

So we have the kernel of a theme - the obliteration by flame of the boundary, all boundaries, not merely living and dying via the acquisition and practice of an intense and contagious habit. It's badly expressed. it may not be enough (who would measure ''enough', anyhow?) But perhaps a start has bee made, or no - because commencements appear relentless, perhaps a start has begun to dig itself in. Isn't that what you wanted?