#nonattachment

[farewell-to-lorien]

Avar and Elzar love each other truly and deeply, but do not need each other. They are content knowing both of their lives will be spent ensuring the persistence of life, and the light. They are Jedi.

Charles Soule, Star Wars: The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi

[system-of-a-feather]

I think one of the things thats tricky about Buddhism and nonattachment is that it is very possible to become attached to nonattachment - that once you get a sense of peace, avoiding clinging to that peace becomes challenging. In that very sense, within nonattachment, one must be willing to engage in some attachment to best be nonattached.

[mana444]

Detachment can look peaceful on the outside while actually being fear in disguise. Avoidant detachment says: “I won’t need you, so you can’t hurt me.” It disconnects from feeling, vulnerability, and intimacy to stay in control.

Non-attachment is different. Non-attachment says: “I will love fully without trying to possess, control, or cling.” It doesn’t numb emotion.. it allows emotion to move through honestly. You can care deeply, grieve deeply, desire deeply, and still understand that nothing is truly owned or guaranteed.

I don’t practice detachment from feeling. I practice non-attachment to outcomes. There’s a difference.

//mana | 000 free spirit

[sameerspiritual]

The core Buddhist advice is: calm the burning heart by pouring in the cool water of non-attachment, forgiveness, and realizing nothing is truly yours—not even anger.

[tranquil-slaughterhouse]

[nvraln]

when you first hear "your thoughts don't belong to you" it sounds so unrealistic... then as you become more conscious of your inner thoughts.... you're able to find the source of each thought and then it all starts to make sense

[eric-sadahire]

Mujo (moo-jo) Japanese: Impermanence, the concept that everything is in a constant state of change; a reminder to embrace the present moment and let go of attachment to the past or the future.

[conscious-love]

Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living.

Eckhart Tolle