"The real cause of pain, which we should seek to remove, is our clinging to the transient things. Pain is bred by attachment to the known, which must pass away. Only by removing that attachment can the cause of pain be eliminated. Attachment to the known creates the fear of the unknown, but what we fear in the unknown is just the pain and sorrow of the known."
-David Frawley (Vamdeva Sastri)
Can you talk more about the attachment /fear/pain triad this weekend?
ReplyDeleteYou may write down questions at the retreat site.
ReplyDeleteThere are many practical ways to address attachment - some of which are listed here.