non attachment
fiction
edward w pritchard
Fighting the biology of evolution we eventually realize that attachments lead to unhappiness. Human perfection is impossible and our idealized imaginings are crashed by reality. Eventually even us who are blind see it.
God is the same case. He lets us down time after time and whether we believe in him or not he is unable to live up to the idealized image that is a Sine qua non of a divine being.
Non attachment means turning your back on those you love. At least in the sense of trying to control outcomes of those around you. No one told you originally as you rushed to attach to fulfill your biological destiny. You didn't ask for the sensibilities that leads to your intense misery at the suffering of those you became attached to. Are you clinging when you wish for those you love not to suffer. Is your attachment to the idea that someone you care about should not be suffering ignoble?
Sit in a cave alone or stare at a tree for a week. With no connections to others will we be happy?
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