billy's basic detachment practice

[Billy]

I found in my experience that one gains a sense of progress in detachment that is a double edged sword.  Realization of 'progress' is rewarding and good, yet there comes times when this converges on you in forms of stress, fear, anxiety, and pressure of responsibility.  Very critical to know this is going to happen, and that you should not deflect this to what you think is causing it.  You must break the connection to any tangible concerns that are involved.  That is, take on the fear etc. directly as if it is independent of all else.  You have anxiety... so identify that and move on with that state as being yours > no running or moving away from it.  Hold onto and stroke the sensations.  Notice the moment this interactive 'play' ensues; WHAT HAPPENS KIDDO??  (big smile here)
 
  Regardless if the concerns are real (even if you will address them shortly with thought or/and action) this is how you settle into an objective state.  Early on in this practice, you may need to gain the sort of separation I talk of by diverting self (a walk, pulling weeds, a movie, reading, a glass of wine, a nice treat in quiet repose, a ritual).

Casataneda--When faced with odds that cannot be dealt with, warriors retreat for a moment. They let their minds meander. They occupy their time with something else. Anything would do. That is the fifth principle of the art of stalking. {same principle}

Still, such retreat must be undersood as a self-teaching device to show that your states of anxiety, stress, fear etc. are not real or have no permanence.  Meaning eventually, you should gain command over suchness because you can (without props).

I am already given to the power that rules my fate.

And I cling to nothing, so I will have nothing to defend.

I have no thoughts, so I will see.

I fear nothing, so I will remember myself.

Detached and at ease,

I will dart past the Eagle to be free.