An Attachment Can Leach Away Energy And Disturb Our Equilibruim

What is an attachment?

What do we mean? Part of my life:

• Me?
• Something I have
• Something I do not have
• My job
• My family
• My life

Other aspects of my life:

• Money
• Car
• House
• Friends
• Career
• A habit
• A skill
• An object
• A goal
• A dream

What makes them such an attraction?

Something that seems to become a fixture in our lives.

Something that seems to grab hold of us and won't let go. That demands our attention, perhaps beyond what we would expect or want.

Something that seems to cling to us. That will not be easily removed.

And the affect of this phenomenon:

• Clinging on and cannot be released - a weight not necessarily on our shoulders, but weighing us down nonetheless. By dint of expectation. Attention required. Loss of focus.
• Can decide our direction in life - if only by taking us our present course and diverting our energies
• Determine our actions in life - by taking our focus and not letting go
• It just seems like a limpet bomb. Sticks on and then the boom.

And the affects on us can be just as dramatic.

A change of personality. Loss of concentration and focus. Loss of will.

Mostly loss and not gain.

And we at the center are left holding the baby - as the expression goes - and we need be aware of this possibility.

Be aware that things are not always rosy and sweet. Some things have a habit of being like a parasite in nature - living off the host. Depleting the host.

Don 't let that happen to you.