Forget about
detachment, attach.
We have been told to
detach ourselves from everything we have-wealth, relationships possessions-
because the real cause of our unhappiness is attachment. This is my house, she
is my wife, they are my children, these are my belongings, they are my friends,
those are my enemies – the list is endless. I will do this, I can do that, I
will have what I want, I don’t care –lot of ego centric ideas.
Centuries have gone by
but we are still attached whatever we have. It only proves that it is not
working.
How about trying to
attach ourselves with everything? Not only with our wealth, relationships and
belongings but also with everything including everything-the rivers,
oceans, trees, mountains, flowers, animals- in short
the whole universe. This way our attachment will be distributed all over the
universe. Above all we are a part of the Universe only. How can we detach
ourselves from the Universe?. Everyone and everything will belong to us and
thus dear to us.
‘Love thy neighbor’
will turn into ‘love thy surroundings’. It will solve many of our problems of
religion and environment. There will be no room for discrimination on the
ground of cast, creed, color and class. There will be no room for doing any
harm to nature and all living beings.
Start attaching
yourself- it is for the living beings. Forget about detachment-it is for the
dead.
