[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Detachment

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"One of the ways to develop detachment

is through meditation. It is a gradual and automatic process.In

meditation one endeavours not to follow the thoughts and feelings that

rise. It is a time of a mental and emotional vacation.Meditating day

after day develops the habit of staying cool and calm, not only during

meditation, but also in all daily life.

If you practice any kind of

meditation, sooner or later you will start to experience detachment."

 

 

To expand this thought little further, the best way to get one's mind

detached from mundane subjects, one should cut down his needs and

desires and live a simple life. The mind has to be attached to

something, when it has to find detachment from mundane matters. What

is that to which it should be attached? God. The more the mind is

attached to God, it will slowly get detached from other sensual objects

and stay with God. Bhakti brings detachment along with it, and it

comes automatically.

It need not be separately inculcated.

 

This is my thought.

Love

KVG.

 

 

 

sreedhar c.p wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

Hare Krishna,

 

Really felt

missing from the group for almost an month. what to do in this samsara

sagarathil some time we are not getting time foe the personal work.

 

went for training

and small trip to India Official as well as personal all is sudden

planned.really missing the group. to be frank after joining this

wonderful group all is getting good on my side personal as well as

proffessional . All I could say is Kannan's Blessing association with

his Bhakthas through the group.Ofcourse visited Guruvayoor temple. very

good Dharshan. All went fine.

 

With Love,

Sree

 

Detachment

 

Detachment is the ability to

remain calm and uninvolved on the emotional and mental levels. It is

definitely not indifference.

 

People who are indifferent do

not care about anything, and are not active and initiative.

 

On the other hand, people who

possess emotional and mental detachment can be very active and caring,

though they accept calmly whatever happens.

 

Such people accept the good and

the bad equally, because they enjoy inner balance and peace.

 

If they cannot do or change

something, it does not disturb their peace of mind. If they are

convinced of the importance of some action, they will pursue it

whole-heartedly, and can ignore distractions easily. If they succeed

with what they do, that is fine, and if they don't, they will either

try again or forget the matter.

 

Count the number of times you got emotionally involved in something

against your will and better judgment. How many times have you got

angry, frustrated or disappointed? How many times have your moods swung

high and low? Each time you tell yourself that next time you will stay

cool and calm, and yet each time you forget what you said.

 

When it comes to personal affairs, it is hard to stay emotionally

uninvolved. You get involved, and this is quite natural, otherwise life

would have been boring. Involvement makes life ticking and active. Yet,

it is advisable to develop at least some detachment, as this will help

you in many situations.

 

Detachment is important in daily life, in the pursuit of ambitions and

on the spiritual path. It is of great importance to everyone, whether

pursuing spirituality or material success.

 

Every spiritual tradition

speaks about detachment, but detachment cannot be confined only to

spirituality.

 

Let me give you some examples of detachment. Suppose you meditate, but

thoughts keep coming into your mind. You get emotionally involved with

your thoughts, follow them and forget about your meditation and

concentration.

 

If you were able to manifest

detachment it would have been easier to

ignore the disturbing thoughts.

 

Detachment would have helped

you to stay collected and concentrated.

 

What happens when somebody says to you something that you do not like?

You will probably become angry, unhappy or insulted. Why is this so?

Because you value other's people words and opinions more than you value

your own thoughts and opinions of yourself.

 

You let other's people thoughts, words and actions influence your

happiness, actions and reactions.

 

Your happiness and actions

depend on them.

 

On the other hand, if you are able to stay detached, you will not be

disturbed. You will stay calm.

 

You will even be able to

benefit from what they say. You will not waste hours thinking about

their words.

 

Have you ever thought how much time and energy is wasted every day

brooding on useless thoughts and feelings because of the lack of

detachment?

 

Much of the anger, frustration,

unhappiness, disappointments and fights are due to lack of detachment.

 

One of the ways to develop

detachment is through meditation. It is a gradual and automatic

process.

 

In meditation one endeavours

not to follow the thoughts and feelings that rise. It is a time of a

mental and emotional vacation.

 

Meditating day after day

develops the habit of staying cool and calm, not only during

meditation, but also in all daily life.

 

If you practice any kind of

meditation, sooner or later you will start to experience detachment.

 

You will find that you feel and

behave in a different way under circumstances that previously raised

anger or agitation.

 

You will find that you handle

your daily affairs of life in a calm and relaxed way.

 

Real detachment means inner strength, and the ability to function

calmly and with full inner control under all circumstances.

 

A detached person is not

harassed and hurried, and can do everything with concentration and

attention, thus insuring a successful outcome of his actions.

 

 

 

 

 

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