Attachment

This morning and even yesterday, I've been thinking about attach-ments.  There are the obvious attachments - family, friends, job, etc.  And there are the subtle attachments which usually involve ego - "I'm right", "Only I can do this", "this HAS to be done," "It wasn't MY fault," etc.

These subtle attachments are nasty.  They require a lot of energy to maintain, yet we are conditioned to maintain them.  And in having to maintain them, we lead these complicated lives as effort makers.

There is a lovely story about how some business execs were in Madhuban (in India) for a retreat.  One high powered individual asked how the retreat centre was run.  He was told about the little old lady, Dadi Janki, who oversaw everything.  He wanted to know more, so a meeting was arranged where he could ask her questions. 

He asked, 'How do you keep the accounts for a place this size?'

'That's easy,' she replied.  'I'll show you.'  She took a piece of paper, drew a line down the centre, and then explained.  'On this side I put all the money amounts that come in and on that side I put all the money amounts going out.'  He looked confused and so she repeated it again. Then added, 'See?  It's easy.'  The fellow went away more confused than when he came.  He just couldn't accept that accounts could be done any other way than what he'd been taught.

This example makes me wonder, where am I complicating my life?  What am I holding onto that's rubbish?  How do I discover those subtle attachments?

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These subtle attachments are nasty.  They require a lot of energy to maintain, yet we are conditioned to maintain them.  And in having to maintain them, we lead these complicated lives as effort makers.
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These subtle attachments are nasty.  They require a lot of energy to maintain, yet we are conditioned to maintain them.  And in having to maintain them, we lead these complicated lives as effort makers.

There is a lovely story about how some business execs were in Madhuban (in India) for a retreat.  One high powered individual asked how the retreat centre was run.  He was told about the little old lady, Dadi Janki, who oversaw everything.  He wanted to know more, so a meeting was arranged where he could ask her questions. 

He asked, 'How do you keep the accounts for a place this size?'

'That's easy,' she replied.  'I'll show you.'  She took a piece of paper, drew a line down the centre, and then explained.  'On this side I put all the money amounts that come in and on that side I put all the money amounts going out.'  He looked confused and so she repeated it again.   Then added, 'See?  It's easy.'  The fellow went away more confused than when he came.  He just couldn't accept that accounts could be done any other way than what he'd been taught.

This example makes me wonder, where am I complicating my life?  What am I holding onto that's rubbish?  How do I discover those subtle attachments?
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Ross Galán, NLP Spiritual Life Coach
at the Spiritual Life Coaching School