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 X comes to pass -- or doesn't come to pass. If I participate I may go all out in my participation. 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.
*-- Russ * On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 5:40 PM, glen <[email protected]> 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 >
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