Intellectually and technologically, humans have exponentially grown in the past several decades, sending astronauts deep into space, cloning farm animals, creating computers that process information faster than the human mind can. One would think that with all of these advancements, there would be solutions to mundane problems as well, but there's one thing that we haven't concocted a simple solution to--how to detach ourselves from things. In other words, how to let go.
A teacher once said that attachment leads to suffering, and by this, he meant suffering of the mind, which also meant suffering of the body because the two are inextricably linked. In order to free oneself from suffering one has to understand that life is impermanent, a river that is constantly flowing, changing. The object that you once attached yourself to, whether it be an inanimate object or a person, is now no longer the same thing or person. So if that is the truth, why attach yourself to it?
It's because we are all human, all emotional beings, that we attach ourselves to everything and everyone. That teaching may come easier with things such as my car or my favorite purse but when it comes to my relationships with people whom I deeply care for, it's simply hard, if not impossible, to let them go. I believe that people can love without attachment because I've been in their presence before.
For me, it's a matter of wanting to let go. And I'm not ready to.
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