Detachment

Contrary to my last post on attachment, I am tempted to write about detachment. Literally it means non-attachment. But empirical meaning may differ. Further a question arises, what are the paths which may lead a person from the territory of attachment to the territory of detachment. The ideal path goes through the judgment of un-prejudice and objective mind. But that path is seldom found by human being. The other goes through the forest of bitter experience and most of the people stray here. Personally speaking, I have myself often taken the second path or perhaps I am led by some un-seen force to that path. Anyhow the result is that one has to go through lot of troubles in realizing that the attachment which you had or have, been unwarranted for. But that does not guarantee a total detachment. Despite of all the bitter experiences in the way our heart refuses to believe that it was wrong! We often try to search and often succeed in fooling ourselves. This inherent weakness in the heart of every human being except a few ‘lucky ones’ is so strong that one has to fight life long to remove it! Only few succeed. And remaining are dragged in a futile war with non but themselves.