11-05-2015, 12:05 AM
When your sense is unsettled, a subtle anxiety that things are not going well in whatever moments, this is an imperative time to detach. Now, this also reminds me the variousness of detachment. The crisp, narrowly focused detachment akin to separating iceberg lettuce is not conducive to states of being that are not easily reduced as concerning specific causation.
I mean, if I have a definite resentment directed to something or someone, or if I have an identifiable pressing issue or emotion, I can rip THAT 'lettuce' and dispense of it just as described and kick off the pieces.
Forget the lettuce example altogether. Detach however you do it, but I do mean to note one of the qualites of enslavement to your own emotions. Notice as you catch on to apply detachment whenever, that your state of mind was in 'look, move, or escape forward mode.' I mean if you pause, you'll notice a subtle (or not so subtle) hurry to your demeanor. You may or may not recognize with some specificity the stimuli that are captivating you. I'll reiterate that it is important/necessary only in the earlier stages of practice to understand what attachments or mechanisms of mind have hold of you. I know from empiricism, that nothing is compelling enough to enslave me, and that whatever attachment exists is bogus. So if, when and however I am held, I know to separate. I create space; I breathe (note how often a big, natural sigh occurs). Life is 'unfair?' So what of it? Attachment sucks!
What if I detach from a known emotional culprit and it persists holding on? This is not uncommon to me. However, any state of mind is what it is for now. As with any broader experience that is not desired, I have to absorb with my broader resource of indifference. This cannot be fake. You must know this emptiness first hand. If what you learn here is to protect you from insecurity of fate, forget it. This gets confused in the false mysticism of enlightenment; your reason needs to step forward to reveal the time/space quality of your essential beingness. You will then understand CHOICE clearly.
If you are unnsure what I am saying, refer to Don Juan's seven principles of stalking.
I mean, if I have a definite resentment directed to something or someone, or if I have an identifiable pressing issue or emotion, I can rip THAT 'lettuce' and dispense of it just as described and kick off the pieces.
Forget the lettuce example altogether. Detach however you do it, but I do mean to note one of the qualites of enslavement to your own emotions. Notice as you catch on to apply detachment whenever, that your state of mind was in 'look, move, or escape forward mode.' I mean if you pause, you'll notice a subtle (or not so subtle) hurry to your demeanor. You may or may not recognize with some specificity the stimuli that are captivating you. I'll reiterate that it is important/necessary only in the earlier stages of practice to understand what attachments or mechanisms of mind have hold of you. I know from empiricism, that nothing is compelling enough to enslave me, and that whatever attachment exists is bogus. So if, when and however I am held, I know to separate. I create space; I breathe (note how often a big, natural sigh occurs). Life is 'unfair?' So what of it? Attachment sucks!
What if I detach from a known emotional culprit and it persists holding on? This is not uncommon to me. However, any state of mind is what it is for now. As with any broader experience that is not desired, I have to absorb with my broader resource of indifference. This cannot be fake. You must know this emptiness first hand. If what you learn here is to protect you from insecurity of fate, forget it. This gets confused in the false mysticism of enlightenment; your reason needs to step forward to reveal the time/space quality of your essential beingness. You will then understand CHOICE clearly.
If you are unnsure what I am saying, refer to Don Juan's seven principles of stalking.