That 'ART OF DETACHMENT'

 

Is the ART OF DETACHMENT really an art?  Me thinks it is NOT really an art per se BUT it is essentially that practice of LETTING GO.  LETTING GO of WHAT?  Name it, bad habits, unhealthy people, mindsets, insecurities, and even perceptions that tend to sway us towards anxiety instead of optimism.  In the simplest terms, DETACHMENT means me and you should NOT try to change OR blame another BUT instead make the most and best of myself📘📙📗

Nope nope nope, me and you need NOT DETACH ourselves from our emotions, empathy OR vulnerability to live a better life BUT find ways to let go in other areas, setting boundaries to protect our emotional health and removing ourselves from relationships that are NOT deemed beneficial [and more importantly, mutual].  Experts counsel us that the recognized powerful ways to have a good grasp of that ART of DETACHMENT for us to live an unbothered life will help us to connect with our own selves as our narrative of our future [rather being at the backburner]💜💛💚

Verily true, life requires so much from us and if there's a first person to blame, that's our very own selves BUT naturally, we get pulled in, right?  We tend to react [even WHEN it was least warranted].  We would worry [WHEN the question is WHY worry] and we get tempted to control as many things as possible BUT the trap here is that the more we try, the more we fail and eventually the more we lose❎❎❎

The noted Indian philosopher Osho was widely quoted:  DO WHATEVER IS NEEDFUL AND YET REMAIN TRANSCENDENTAL, ALOOF, DETACHED just like a lotus flower in the pond.  To translate this in layman's terms, let us do WHAT we must do BUT let us NOT get lost in it.  Osho goes to expound that to be a lotus, it grows in the mud.  It DOESN'T escape the pond BUT it rises above the water.  And WHAT a surprise to me, Osho says that that lotus flower stays clean even in dirty water.  BUT hold on to your guns because there's more to it.  Its petals repel dirt as water tends to roll off, thus leaving it spotless.  Oh yes, sometimes we do get caught in life's drama [even unnecessary ones]❌❌❌

Our takeaway:  There are just one too many harsh realities in life WHICH we need to grapple with.  You do your work and it becomes your job.  You love someone and their moods control your response to life.  You try, you fail, and then you become a failure.  You succeed and then, you become afraid to lose it.  In the end, we tend to attach to everything, name it, success, people, and even our own thoughts.  YES oh YES, WHEN a 'bad day' hits us, that ruins us.  WHEN we get rejected, it feels LIKE the end-of-the-world, LIKE death.  WHY?  Because philosophers analyzed that it's all because we kind of 'hand over' our own peace to all those stuff we just CAN'T control.  Without mastering that ART of DETACHMENT, it behooves that we remediate and rectify our own shortfalls in life.  Let us NOT look the other way around WHEN the ART of DETACHMENT may even move the needle in our life😃😃😃