Suresh, Attachment is a very valuable evolutionary survival mechanism. It's a fundamental part of human nature similar to what we share with other species. With no attachments individual humans would have no motivation or direction and would not survive.
The problem is not attachments per se. We all use attachments every day to go about our lives successfully. That's what enables people to sustain material success in life. The problem is excessive attachment, or attachment to your attachments. The problem is excessive attachments THAT DO NOT MESH WITH WHAT IS REAL or attainable. For example a man's attachment to THE IDEA OF an unattainable woman, or an unattainable position in society. Attachment to the unattainable causes suffering. However attachment to the ATTAINABLE maintains physical and social life. However things can change. When one loses something one was attached to realization demands changing one's attachment to it to mirror the new state of reality. Zen is not as simple as many imagine! Edgar On Oct 20, 2012, at 1:38 AM, SURESH JAGADEESAN wrote: > > Bill > > Why do human liked to get attached? > > What is the root cause for attachment? > > Suresh > > On Oct 20, 2012 8:38 AM, "Merle Lester" <[email protected]> wrote: > This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! ([email protected]) > Add cleanup rule | More info > > > > > > so how does one NOT be attached to these emotions eh?..merle > > Merle, > > No, these in-and-of themselves are not attachments. They are concepts (mental > models), and in some case emotions - and it is not these that cause > suffering. It is ATTACHMENTS to these that cause suffering. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > > > > >  thanks..are they attachments?... merle > > Merle, > > > > > > Love is not exactly the OPPOSITE of hate, but love/hate is a dualistic pair > > - like good/bad, tall/short, hot/cold, yin/yang, etc... > > > > ...Bill! > > > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >  tell me more BILLLL....... Love is it the opposite of hate????? merle > > >  > > > I agree with James. > > > > > > As with all emotions like fear, anger, love, hate it is not the emotion > > > that is the real problem, it is the ATTACHMENT to the emotion. > > > > > > ...Bill! > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "James W. Meritt" <JWMeritt@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Not so sure getting rid of fear is a good thing. I see having fear, but > > > > modifying how you use and react to it as a good thing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > James W. Meritt > > > > CISSP, CISA, NSA IAM, PMP > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
