To Latha on detachment

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Dear Latha,

 

Please do not feel I am putting myself forward as any authority on

detachment. I struggle with it everyday. But I believe detachment is

an involvement in whatever we are doing, whether it be painting,

washing the dishes, or chanting the Chandi, without worrying or being

concerned about the results. I think it is the giving up of concern

over results that is the detachment. As you know I have lots of

opportunities to practice detachment, thanks to my illness, and

sometimes I am able to do it and sometimes not. I am only a baby on

this path.

 

Also, I live in a trailer, not something I imagined I would be doing

10 or so years ago. But it is what I can afford. Sometimes it is hard

to detach from wanting more space ... to paint, to have a real puja

altar (mine is on the kitchen counter), but then I think of Maa and

Swami living and traveling in trailers, and I think ... if it is good

enough for them, it is so for me too.

 

Yesterday, I gallery sat at the gallery where I have my art and

jewelry, and I was not detached. I have not sold anything. At the

same time, it gave me an opportunity to look at the question of

whether my art is measured by whether or not it sells ... a

detachment opportunity. Later, two ladies came in and went over to my

space. They looked a bit, and one said, "oh, how beautiful." They

didn't buy, but hearing that was a boon as I had already had the

argument with myself over detachment from results. I am blessed to be

in such a wonderful space where I can show my work. Shanti ~ Linda