Attachment is only a problem if when detachment sets in it causes
suffering, e.g. my leg
Robert C
On 10/2/12 11:34 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
I detached myself from this thread at least 5 messages ago. Oops
Thanks a lot, Steve...
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com
<mailto:sasm...@swcp.com>> wrote:
It did come through, it's succinctness caused me to type a message
like this:
My dog is the epitome of attachment.
My cat is the epitome of non-attachment.
Some cats and dogs seem studied in detachment.
My mailtool (Thunderbird) seems fairly attached to the idea
that I might send without making the attachment I possibly
intended when I used the word.
My cat was recently confiscated by the coyotes, I think they
can't be bothered with all this talk.
But then I thought it might be perceived as "flip" and deleted
it. I do this from time to time, it is my simulation of
non-attachment I think.
I liked my post on attachment. (Perhaps I'm attached to it.) Did
it get lost? I don't see it in any of the follow-up posts. Here
it is again.
Think of attachment as: I must ensure that X comes to pass. I
want it so badly.
Think of detachment as: I must not want so badly that X comes
to pass. I must stay detached.
Think of non-attachment as: I may participate in the process
whereby Xcomes to pass -- or doesn't come to pass. If I
participate I may be fully engaged. I may care very much
whether X comes to pass. It it does, I may feel very happy.
If it doesn't I may feel very sad. But whether or not X comes
to pass I still have my laundry to do.
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