“…all suffering of mankind is produced by attachment to a previous condition or existence”
Reading this quote was a light bulb moment for me. How many times have I lamented about how difficult life is now compared to the past? How much fun my childhood was, etc. I have been making myself suffer with my attachment to my old life…it’s time to move on now. I think I’m ready.
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March 20, 2009 at 1:36 am
Avril
In yoga there is a principle called aparigraha, which means “non-attachment”. The philosophy here is that we suffer because we are always yearning for something in the past or something in the future. You will always be unsatisfied going after something that no longer exists or that does not exist yet. If you think about how things are right now, they’re generally just right.
March 20, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Noemi
I like that principle, Aves.
March 27, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Liv
Yeah Affie, that’s really nice.