Attachment / de-attachment / non-attachment etc are distractions from the 2 paths
A) The path of self knowledge for people on the threshhold of enlightenment. B) The path of selfless service for the others. I can't really "explain" these things because of language and societal differences. Most of what we are discussing here has already been resolved in the Gita, a tolerably good simple English online version is here (please dont treat the Gita as a religious book - its a societal book with "rules") http://www.ourpathtogod.com/bhagavadgita/index.htm by about chapter 5 the answers should be clear. Without giving anything away : It is about man as an "agent" without memory (or rudimentary memory) pre-programed by a higher evolved Being (with complete memory) to "act" in the "right" way depending on circumstances and "anticipation" of possible outcomes. [robots to terraform Mars] Sarbajit On 10/2/12, glen <g...@ropella.name> wrote: > > The only way I can imagine detachment being a form of attachment would > be that both attachment and detachment are limited to _partial_ > [de|at]tachment. I.e. non-attachment must be some sort of singularity > approachable from either direction. > > http://www.wuala.com/gepr/public/singularity.svg/?mode=list > > But if that's the case, then we're guilty of equivocating on the word > "attachment". Perhaps replacing "detachment" with "anti-attachment" > might prevent the equivocation. > > Prof David West wrote at 10/01/2012 04:21 PM: >> "duty has almost nothing to do with the philosophical lesson of the >> story. Arjuna's dilemma is not between kill and not kill, or deciding >> between two contradictory laws - but between attached and non-attached >> action. Only the latter avoids the accrual of Karma (western spelling). >> Non-attachment is definitively not detachment (detachment is an instance >> of attachment). Non-attachment is acting with "perfect knowledge" that >> the action is the "right" action in that context, with context being the >> totality of the world. (A kind of omniscience, the possibility of which >> is for another time and place.) > > > -- > glen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
