To Linda & all: on love vs attachment

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Namaste, Linda And all of our beloved family!

Wow! We really have a lot of very wise Gods and Goddesses in this

family, don't we? smile..somehow i feel like a very proud Momma!

Devi Mandir Family Ki Jai!

Jai Maa! Jai Swamiji! Jai Ramakrishna Deva!

muktimaa

 

 

 

 

 

, nierika@a... wrote:

>

>> in everyday life, to me the difference between love and

> attachment is that love has open arms ~ the person or thing may

come or go, but the

> love stays the same. With attachment, you want to hold onto the

person as

> much as possible, restricting both of you. With love, there is an

open heart and

> mind, an ability to see and accept the person as they are. With

attachment

> there is sometimes an attempt to make the person into what we'd

like them to be

> or what we thought we saw when we originally felt the love. Has

the person

> changed? In my experience, no. What has changed is me, the love

has become

> attachment, and I start to be picky and dependent. When I am

in "Love" with a

> person, the world, the universe, a bird, a flower, there is only

joyous

> connection. When I am attached the connection becomes not so

joyous, but almost like

> a prison. This gives me the chance to think what do I really want

in life ~

> love or attachment. Of course, the answer is love, so then I must

be vigilant

> about attachment when it springs up, something I haven't been

doing much of

> lately. I don't want to feel bad about the attachment, boink it on

its pointy

> little head, or send it packing. I just want to love and accept it

as part

> of the process and then, like the clouds passing by, let it go. By

the way, I

> did read what Swamiji said about attachment to the guru, so I

think that kind

> of attachment is different. Thank you for giving me the chance to

think

> about these things. Jai Maa , Jai Swamiji ~ Linda