--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "anonyff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMO this whole notion of non-attachment is merely a concept and who > knows if anyone here truly even understands it and even if they could, > could they really explain it in such a way that the listener would a) > be able to truly grok it
By way of analogy, the difference between attachment and non- attachment in action is the difference between jumping into a river, and attempting to reach your destination downstream by swimming against the current to some degree, or floating with it. The non-attached feeling or sense comes about because over our many years of spiritual practice, and learning from our experience, bit by bit, how life works, we eventually gain such a perfect degree of coordination between our environment and our interaction with it, that the effect of fulfilling our desires is similar to floating with the current in a river. This applies no matter what our activity is. Back to the analogy, if you are at point A in the river and attempting to get to point B, downstream, and just let the current take you there, during the journey you will realize you are accomplishing your desire of getting to point B, but feel non- attached about it. It is all happening as if on its own. On the other hand, if your degree of coordination is not perfected with regard to your environment, it is analogous to fighting the current, being very much personally involved and attached to the outcome of getting from point A to point B. This causes us to necessarily take ownership of the journey, and feel that we are the doer. There is no way to fake non-attachment and get good results. > and b) not be influenced by it to such a > degree that they would try emulating this non-attached state thinking > that by acting non-attached they actually were non-attached? > > It all sounds like some ego-Olympics where those who think they get it > get to sound off and aggrandize themselves v. simply living the life. > From my perspective, people living from this level would be much > simpler than all of what goes on here. > > But that may be/is just my own viewpoint. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
