SELFISH ATTACHMENTS

[Pravin Kumar]

Selfish Attachments:

Awareness is key in breaking free from the hold of the attachments of the Conditioned Mind, and the only reason the hold is even so is because of the selfish nature that's at the core of these attachments.

The mind would never become agitated if one didn't attach to the present moment needing to be different and what is needed different is decided by your own mind looking for something that's going to provide you with pleasure. This is where awareness to what one is attached to helps, without this awareness the agitation is never seen, and one simply succumbs to it because they have to. There's no choice in this without awareness and even then the attachment is so powerful it most likely will not be let go of. Awareness of what one is attached to is key in breaking free from the hold of the Conditioned Mind, and the only reason the hold is so is because of the selfish nature of what's at the core of these attachments. It's the reason why one needs something different and reaches for money, greed, porn, gambling, drugs, alcohol, programs, and even God to name just a few of the things that are attached to.

When using the body for present moment awareness the attachments aren't as powerful and although they will still be there because you're human, they won't have as much control over you as they do now. You can say the mind agitations aren't in control of you, but just by saying that they are; this is because if the mind wasn't agitated, there wouldn't be any response. This is how you can tell if the mind is agitated, it will respond to things without giving it much thought. When the mind isn't agitated, there will be space between what arises and the response to it. The space is the result of developing discipline and fully being in the present moment. Without this discipline one will remain a slave to their mind agitations and be selfishly attached to things that don't allow the space to be free.

MICHAEL CUPO