Hi Carlos, When Buddhist practitioners talk about attachment, it only refers to the attachment to self. There is an erroneous idea of a separate personhood, separate individual. We all tend to get attached to that idea.
Getting rid of the attachments means strictly getting rid of the idea that there is a separate personhood, a separate special individual who is 'forced' to undergo various travails and calamities in life. Working on getting rid of the so-called 'outer' attachments (i.e. attachment to drugs, to booze, to food, to sex, to money, to any other 'other' substance and/or service), is completely wrongheaded, according to the Buddhist teaching. It is easy to negate the world, to see through the delusion of the world. But, that's not our practice. Our practice is to get rid of ourselves. Negate the self, the separate individual, the ego. Tell it to take a hike, to buzz off. Once you manage to do that, so called outside things and events will not pose any problem for you. Alex --- carlos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all,I am new to the group and I was off the > groups for a few days > tanks to yahoo not recognizing my email address , it > looks fine now. > I need some help in recognizing the obvious (it > looks very much that > way) ,it is very easy to talk about the attachments > to things and > places > when is not personal,but I have a personal > attachment to destroy and > it looks as if I need to test the situation to prove > that it is OK > to proceed because it looks so senseless to do so. > It is a small business that do not produce any > money. > I would appreciate any opinion or direction to find > a teaching that > is not to say that any attachment is cause of > suffering ( I know > that it is true) > It looks as if I have to destroy home. > > Metta > Carlos > > > > ===== No karma was produced during the composition of this letter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> It is better to give.... Especially when giving to a child in poverty. Click here to meet a child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/uq3f6C/hJlJAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> 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/
