Inspired by my latest post on clinging, I was curious to find how many attachments would arise in just one day. Here is the list, one hundred and more of them, so far, from the trivial, to the monumental:
- 85% dark chocolate
- achievements
- beauty
- bed
- bicycle
- birds
- bliss
- blogging
- body
- books
- brother
- car
- cell phone
- challenges
- children
- clean air
- cleanliness
- comb
- comfort
- computer
- convenience
- coolness
- creativity
- Dharma
- doing
- dreams
- dried mangoes
- dryer
- eating
- electricity
- fashion
- feeling good
- fitness
- Free People clothes
- free time
- freedom
- friends
- health
- healthy food
- home
- Huffington Post
- husband
- identity
- incense
- independence
- intellect
- intelligence
- joy
- 'just right'
- life
- Loehman's
- looking good
- love
- making collages
- meditation
- mindfulness
- moisturizer
- money
- mother
- my office
- nature
- no pain
- Nordstrom Rack
- NY Times
- organic fruit
- peace
- pen and paper
- pleasure
- private space
- quiet
- recognition
- respect
- routine
- running water
- safety
- salads
- security
- sex
- shampoo
- shoes
- sitting
- sleep
- sparkling water
- spirituality
- success
- swim goggles
- swimming
- swimsuit
- tea
- teacher
- thinking
- to-do lists
- toilet
- toilet paper
- toothbrush
- toothpaste
- trees
- walking
- warm shower
- warmth
- wash machine
- Whole Foods
- wisdom
- work
- . . .
Obviously, the goal is not to get rid of all these attachments - although for some, it may not be a bad thing. Rather, it's about being aware of each one as it arises, and having a different relationship to it, made of appreciation, gratitude, and ease. No clinging. Not being like monkey in this Hindu story - as retold by Jack Kornfield in his book, 'Soul Food':
In India hunters had a proven way of catching monkeys. A half coconut would be hollowed out and a hole made that was only large enough to let a monkey's open hand pass through. The coconut was then pinned to the ground and tempting food placed beneath. A monkey would approach, intent on getting hold of the food beneath the coconut, but alas as soon as it grasped the food in its fist it found itself unable to pull its hand and the food free of the coconut. Imprisoned it would stay, caught by its own unwillingness to open its fist.
Now, I want to know what is your list? :)
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