May meeting Non attachment

Non-attachment is one of the most important skills you can master.

We easily get attached to things, people, situations, the past and the future. However, these attachments are never healthy. Clinging onto anything is not a good habit to cultivate, although we all seem to go down that road at some point in our lives.

We often attach ourselves to the things that are making us happy at that moment, trying to hold onto them just so we can experience happiness longer. We worry about the odds of losing the happiness and we think that clinging to it would make it stay. And when things change – as they always do – we feel miserable and betrayed.

Knowingly or unknowingly, we attach ourselves to feelings of happiness and satisfaction, and identify ourselves with them. Because of this, we tend to dwell on the past or feel anxious about the future, failing to experience the joy of the present moment.

Once we stop clinging or trying to control the world around us, we allow the Universe to fulfill us in ways beyond our imagination. Letting go is necessary so we can allow the happiness to flood in.

Releasing attachments is not a one-time decision. It is a moment-to-moment choice and commitment, and it involves changing the way we interact with anyone and anything we used to get attached to in the past. So how do you release your attachment? Here’s a few tips to set you free.

1) Releasing Attachment From People. Quit depending on people when it comes to acknowledging your worth. Know your worthiness without needing other people’s approval. Don’t let others dictate how you feel about yourself.

Going alone sometimes is a good way of releasing your attachment from others. This will help you examine yourself as well as your passions and values.

Hold onto people lightly and understand that you, and just you, have the ability to feel loved, worthy and secure.

This can also be applied to romantic relationships. Understand that it takes two whole persons to be together, and you are never someone’s “other half”.

2) Releasing Attachment From The Past. Whether you like it or not, you can never change what’s already happened – ever.

Holding onto what’s already gone is living your life based on fear. Instead of focusing on what has happened or what didn’t happen, focus on whatever is happening right now. At this very moment.

This is the only moment you have control over – the now. Make peace with your past and realize that whatever happened had to happen, so the you right now can emerge. When you look back, you’ll see that the sequence of events had unfolded perfectly, for your own personal growth.

3) Releasing Attachment From The Future. You cannot find happiness and contentment in the future, because the only real thing is the present moment – and this is all you’re experiencing right now. There is no need to know what the future will hold. The only thing you need to realize is that your future is hinged on how you will use the present moment.

4) Releasing Attachment From Feelings And Emotions. This goes to both positive and negative emotions. Most of us are attached to feelings of happiness and the feelings of regret. We tend to forget that all of these are just passing emotions. Identifying ourselves with our feelings and emotions make us prisoners of our own minds.

To release your mind, notice when you’re overwhelmed with an emotion, and then take a pause. Observe your feelings and take a few deep breaths while telling yourself: “This is just an emotion, it does not define who I am.” You’ll notice the overwhelming feeling melting away.

The practice of releasing attachments may be difficult, but only because we have accepted our attachments as part of our lives, believing it is in accordance with the society.

You can break free from this notion and release whatever is binding you to all these dramas. Not getting attached to anyone or anything is important in order to bring harmony to our relationships with other people and most importantly, with ourselves.

Your Beliefs become True

Saying that beliefs are not always true is simply a fact, but the individual having the belief finds that often the belief comes true. Over and over it has been taught that what individuals believe and think is their fate. We are a product of our internal belief system. No matter how faulty a belief the person that has it will inevitably live it.

People become what they believe because it is how they perceive the opportunity and environment around them. People do not perceive reality, but they do perceive their perception of reality. Read that sentence again, it is a mind boggling theory, but one that is unbelievably true. A good example of this theory can be seen when two people have a verbal argument. Both parties are angry and will recall different things. The mind will take in parts of the altercation, changing, deleting and even distorting the information.

People have the tendency of remembering a negative expression or action much longer than a positive one. For parents it may be that their child has done a host of things correct, but the one time they mess up, they have trouble living it down. If the child does something again the parents will automatically return to the negative experience.

People have self fulfilling prophecies not by accident, but because they set themselves up for the situation. A nagging, suspicious wife can drive a husband away with the constant negativity. The strong and passionate beliefs can often times become true, because we keep on with them until they are a reality. So be careful with your beliefs, unless they are positive, because you may just create a self fulfilling prophecy that you don’t want.