- Extracts from a group discussion with Yulia Pal
What prevents us from enjoying the present is, more often than not, memories of happier times…! What stops us from giving hundred percent to our immediate task on hand, is usually, pre-occupation with that which we have set aside to make time for this…!
What is it that makes us reluctant to accept the new, and to let go of the old? We seem to be constantly “attached” to things, thoughts, people, responsibilities, memories, worries, ideas, fears… This is something that defeats our purpose, and makes our efforts futile. An issue that affects each one of us, in many forms, at every step of life, is “attachment”.
In the language of Pranic Healing, attachment means hundreds of cords that constantly attach us to the objects of our thoughts, to everything we cannot mentally or emotionally disconnect from. On a material plane, it is relatively easier to identify attachments, but on a subtler plane, we are blissfully unaware. We are usually over-attached to our ideology, our practices, our habits, our views, our achievements, even our spiritual “superiority”!
As Yuliaji pointed out on one occasion, the key to “detachment” is the truth that “nothing is permanent”. Master has repeatedly emphasized “accurate perception, and correct expression”! It is only by understanding the worth and purpose of everything correctly, including our role in the scheme of things, that we can get on top of attachment.