Beyond Attachment: Embracing Wholeness and Letting Go of Fear
Apr 30, 2024
Yoda once said, “Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.”
Wise words from the Jedi master, but what is he really speaking to here?
Yoda doesn’t mean to imply that you have to give up everything that you fear to lose and just sit with nothing all alone.
No.
What he is speaking to is the awareness that when you attach to something from a place of fear, you are operating from a place of lack. You are seeing the thing you are attached to as something outside of yourself that you have to hold onto in order to be complete or okay.
This mindset follows the path of ego. The path of fear.
If instead you can recognize where you are already whole, and complete and have within you the truth of what you think you have to gain from this “thing” then you can ‘have it’ not as a means of ego worship, making the separation real, making it something you need that you don’t have. Rather it can be an expression or materialization of what is already within you. You have ‘it’ whether it is showing up physically in the world or not.
Is that too much to follow? Maybe try thinking of it this way.
If someone wants a new fancy car, do they really want the car? Or are they looking for a sense of self-worth?
When someone wants a new relationship do they really want THAT person or do they want to be able to experience love?
When they want that vacation do they want the vacation or do they see it as a means to have peace or a new perspective?
See what I am getting at. There is the ‘thing’ and then there is what the thing provides you with.
When you feel overly attached to something, you can ask yourself, what are you truly trying to gain from it?
Love? Security? Peace?
Then you can look inward and see where you have that within you already.
Instead of needing a special relationship to have love, can you be in a state of love, and share love with all?
Instead of seeking financial security as a way to feel free from fear, can you see where you are already secure and safe in who you are in spirit?
This doesn’t mean you can’t have the thing, it means you can fully have it without attachment and fear, as well as having an appreciation for the undividedness of eternal life of spirit. This takes you beyond temporary pleasure and frees you from fear.
Be in the world but not of it.
If you are looking for a practice to help you with your attachments, ask me about my courses and classes! Otherwise, keep an eye out for my YouTube and Insight Timer videos on this topic!
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