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 X comes 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. *-- Russ Abbott* *_____________________________________________* *** Professor, Computer Science* * California State University, Los Angeles* * My paper on how the Fed can fix the economy: ssrn.com/abstract=1977688* * Google voice: 747-*999-5105 Google+: plus.google.com/114865618166480775623/ * vita: *sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ CS Wiki <http://cs.calstatela.edu/wiki/> and the courses I teach *_____________________________________________*
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