Eliminating Attachment And Aversion...
Ran across the following article on attachments and aversions while surfing the internet for interesting articles having tremendous merit. I immediately knew the following was a winner.
The first four paragraphs are given as a teaser with this LINK to the full article. Enjoy!
The Way of Meditation - Attachment and aversion are the main two obstacles to experiencing peace according to the Buddha. However, like many words that have migrated two thousands years into the present day the meaning and context has changed so I would like to offer an easy to understand version of what attachment and aversion actually mean and how to overcome them.
I was stunned at the simplicity of this teaching when I first heard it from my Guru at the time. It was one of those teachings when he said, “if you just to remember one thing about Buddhism remember this”. So of course, I sat up and made effort to understand and memorise what he was about to say.
Put very simply attachment is over-estimating the ability of something to bring you happiness and aversion is the opposite in that you over-estimate the ability of something to bring you suffering.
The key term is over-estimating. It’s a core delusion colouring our present moment and projecting qualities onto people and the world which simply do not exist the way we think. Wrongly believing we need to get something or remove something to achieve peace and happiness.
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