Bentinho Massaro often explores the nature of consciousness and self-inquiry in his teachings. When he refers to the “desire” to know itself, he’s talking about the fundamental impulse of consciousness to become aware of itself — an intrinsic curiosity that seems to underlie all of existence. This “desire” is mysterious because it’s not a desire in the ordinary sense, which implies personal motivation, but rather an innate drive or momentum that is fundamental to being itself.

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