"true philosophers make dying their profession" Plato
Attachment embroils one in the melodrama of that to which one is attached. Many are addicted to and thrive on melodramatic energies, but wisdom is not to be found there. With detachment, one still participates but in a calm fashion, without the boiling of the embroiling. With detachment, one sees more clearly, has access to an observatory for the viewing and understanding of wisdom.
Detachment is a form of dying. Like all dying it is also an opening to new life. One must let go of this moment to live in the next moment: a continuous dying from which new life and its wisdom springs. "True philosophers (lovers of wisdom) make dying their profession."
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hmmm someone else said take up your cross and die everyday... wonder if that is what he was getting at
ReplyDeleteDetachment is such a graceful dance.. allowing embodying to come and go. What amazing beauty results from being called into-and-out-of-and-into being.
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