So easily we get caught in fantasies of self-advancement and self-protection, of self-satisfaction. How hard it can be to recognize that we have been “ensnared” or caught in loops of desire, in silken skeins of aversion.
They arrive in subtle ways, surreptitiously, and before we know it we are fleeing or pursuing dreams, and battling imaginary obstacles to our imaginary fulfillment. Not realizing the fulfillment is here already.