Attachment and the Mind

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Everyone wonders how they can let go of their " attachments " in life.

 

The thoughts that drive them crazy, make them tired/mad/sad: etc.

 

Here's a nice little story from the web that someone sent to me:

 

A Sufi teaching tells of the man who visited a great mystic to find

out how to let go of his chains of attachment and his prejudices.

 

Instead of answering him directly, the mystic jumped to his feet and

bolted to a nearby pillar, flung his arms around it, grasping the

marble surface as he screamed, " Save me from this pillar! Save me

from this pillar! "

 

The man who had asked the question could not believe what he saw. He

thought the mystic was mad.

 

The shouting soon brought a crowd of people.

 

" Why are you doing that? " the man asked. " I came to you to ask a

spiritual question because I thought you were wise, but obviously

you're crazy.

You are holding the pillar, the pillar is not holding you. You can

simply let go. "

 

The mystic let go of the pillar and said to the man, " If you can

understand that, you have your answer. Your chains of attachment are

not holding you, you are holding them. You can simply let

go. "

 

~ Dick Sutphen

" The Oracle Within "

:)

Stephen C.