We all try to shrug off the word 'detachment', thinking it is a term reserved for ascetics living in caves with no communication to the outside world.
In fact, detactment is not a scary or serious thing. And in practicing it. I feel that there is nothing more I would prefer doing.
Detachment does not mean being cold or uncaring, it can be done with absolute love and compassion.
When we are attached to something or someone, most of the times, we have expectations from the other, and would end up wanting the outcome to be a certain way we desire. We end up minding the business of others, thinking they can't do things the way they wish.
Being detached, we can observe the situation as it is. We can remain neutral to whatever the outcome is, in short, we are only minding our own business.
In letting go, I am left with a huge surplus of energy to create for myself, and ultimately that is what life is all about.
Adele Leung
Hong Kong Yoga Journal
May/June 2007
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