Sunday, September 17, 2006

It is wise to love everybody

“I can't live without her." “I must have it." “My world will fall apart without you.”
These are all statements familiar to our ears and most likely we ourselves at some point have made similar statements with all sincerity and earnestness. We get attracted and become attached 'to' a particular object, persons, relationship or situation.
Attachment seems to be the normal state of our living experience. We seek it without second thought.
Husbands are attached to their wives, parents are attached to their children and, vice versa. The variety of patterns of attachments is endless.
Is attachment a desirable state? Does it bring us the satisfaction we are seeking in life?
When a person' develops a strong attachment, he is likely to become sorrowful when the
attachment is broken or reduced. His emotional and mental state is bound to suffer. The broken heart, the mental illness, the hatred, the jealousy and sometimes suicide are all the results of broken or reduced attachments.
It is a very risky business to make the happiness of others our total happiness; to experience the difficulties of other as our difficulties. We should never build our life to such an extent around someone else's life or any objects so that when anything goes wrong with that life or objective cannot function or we fall apart. It is healthier and wise to love everything and everybody, play our roles and perform our duties to the maximum with everything and everybody and still remain detached.

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