UNDERSTANDING “DETACHMENT”

· Like two golden birds

Perched on the selfsame tree

Intimate, friends,

The ego the self

Dwell in the same body.

The former eats the sweet

And sour fruits of the tree of life

While the latter looks on in detachment.

-The Mundaka Upanishad

· “Being in the world, but not of it.” –Jesus Christ

ENERGY REQUIRES FREE MOVEMENT

· Air moves freely through the atmosphere. Water flows freely down a mountain stream. Waves roll freely onto ocean beaches. The earth moves freely on its axis. The nature of life is freedom of movement.

Looked at from the viewpoint of energy, we know that energy requires free movement in order to function effectively and efficiently. The energy of the universe wants to flow freely around and through us. When we allow it to, we and everyone else benefits. Each time we interfere with this free flow of energy, we reduce, proportionately, the abundance coming to us. Blocking the flow of energy also results in discomfort in our bodies – a signal from the universe that we are out of alignment with principle.

One of the ways we interfere with the free flow of energy is holding on to what we have.- Arnold Patent

PRACTISE RELEASING YOUR ATTACHMENT

· Continue to practice releasing your attachment to things and people until you feel peaceful irrespective of whether the object or person is there or not. One of the great benefits of reaching this state of peacefulness is that you will not feel so disappointed or sad when the object or person concerned is gone.

ACCEPT THE NATURAL FLOW OF ABUNDANCE

· When we accept the natural flow of abundance, we know that no matter what we give up, there is an infinite supply of energy available to replace it.

STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN

· Uncertainty is the fertile ground of pure creativity and freedom. Uncertainty means stepping into the unknown in every moment of our existence. The unknown is the field of all possibilities, ever fresh, ever new. Without uncertainty and the unknown, life is just the stale repetition of outworn memories. You become the victim of the past, and your tormentor today is your self left over from yesterday. Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities. In your willingness to step into the unknown, you will have the wisdom of uncertainty factored in. This means that in every moment of your life, you will have excitement, adventure, mystery. You will experience the fun of lie- the magic, the celebration, the exhilaration, and the exultation of your own spirit. Everyday you can look for the excitement of what may occur in the field of all possibilities. When you experience uncertainty, you are on the right path- so don’t give it up.-Deepak Chopra

ATTACHMENT IS BASED ON FEAR AND INSECURITY

· Attachment is based on fear and insecurity-and the need for security is based on not knowing the true self. The source of wealth, of abundance, or of anything in the physical world is the self; it is the consciousness that knows how to fulfill every need. All other things are symbols: they come and go. Chasing symbols is like settling for the map instead of the territory. It creates anxiety; it ends up making you feel hollow and empty inside, because you exchange yourself for the symbols of your self.

· Attachment to money will always create insecurity no matter how much money you have in the bank. In fact, some of the people who have the most money are the most insecure.

DETACHMENT WILL BRING MORE ABUNDANCE

· Detachment is not about denying the joy of achieving abundance. Paradoxically, it will bring more abundance into your life, rather than require you to shed all your material goods. However, you will probably find it quite easy to divest yourself of your possession if that is your choice.-Dr Wayne Dyer

· Attachment is always to symbols. With detachment comes the freedom to create. Only from detached involvement can one have joy and laughter. Then the symbols of wealth are created spontaneously and effortlessly. Without detachment we are prisoners of helplessness, hopelessness, mundane needs, trivial concerns, quiet desperation, and seriousness – the distinctive features of everyday mediocre existence and poverty consciousness.

ATTACHMENT SHIFTS THE EMPHASIS

· As we accumulate more and more, our eyes shift to our possessions and away from one another’s humanity- Dr Wayne Dyer

DETACHMENT PROVIDES THE ANSWER

· How can one be a happy, loving, fulfilled human being and still function within the materialism that seems to define all of our social structure? Is it possible to live one’s life with inner joy and harmony within a larger context of greed and accumulation? How can one accomplish a daily life of love and harmony, and, yes, success, when surrounded by people who beget loneliness and violence in their perpetual pursuit of more? The answers can be found in detachment.-Dr Wayne Dyer

DETACHMENT IS THE FREEDOM TO FLOW WITH LIFE

· Detachment is the absence of a need to hold on to anyone or anything. It does not mean not having things. It is a way of thinking and being which gives us the freedom to flow with life, as does everything that is given to us by God.

PATH OF ENLIGHTEMENT

· Detachment is one of life’s great lessons for those on the path of enlightenment.

DETACHMENT AND FLOW

· Try squeezing a handful of water and see how quickly it disappears. But relax and hold your hand in the flow of the same water and you experience the gentle touch of the water as long as you like. This is the principle of detachment and flowing. Allowing things to flow naturally is the way of the universe. Everything in the universe- yes, everything – is energy, and that includes you. Energy must have a free flow in order for it to be most efficient. Allowing things to flow naturally is the way of the universe. Air flows around the planet without interruption. Water flows throughout the entire physical plane along the path of least resistance. The earth itself flows perfectly without interruption on its axis, as do all heavenly bodies in the universe.- Robert Schuller

LESS ATTACHMENT …LESS TROUBLE

· You are not attached to the actions that your body performs every moment. You are not trying to make your entire system function. It is working perfectly without any direction from you.

You are never busy talking to and working on your digestive, respiratory, or elimination systems. Your heart beats thousands of times each day of your life without any effort on your part. It works automatically and perfectly. The less attached you are to it’s working, the less likely are you to have trouble from it.

· In the words of Kahlil Gibran in “The Prophet”:

Your children are not your children.

They are sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself.

They came through you but not from you,

And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

THE ONLY WAY OUT OF SUFFERING

· Detachment is the only way out of suffering, as a passage from the Bhagvad Gita explains:

A person who is not disturbed by incessant flow of desires – that enter like rivers into an ocean, which is ever being filled but is always still- can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires.- Dr Wayne Dyer

A KIND OF SURRENDER

· Detachment involves a kind of surrender to the force or intelligence that is behind all form, including your own. Once you completely trust in this energy that makes all form work properly, you begin to slow down and work in harmony with this intelligence. The word “surrender” is a good one to keep in mind. It reminds us to stop the fighting that makes life into a battleground. With surrender, we relax in the comfort of the natural intelligence and flow of life and can ignore the impulse to be attached to things and people, as they wind in and out of our lives.-Dr Wayne Dyer

Chandru Gidwani