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attachment, cars, detachment, devdatta shankh, hoarders, instant relations, iphone fanatics, krishn arjun, Mahabharata, panchajanya shankh, personal weapons, personified objects, possessive owners, recycled bodies, use and throw relations
Ever bestowed a title or name upon your possessions? Ever felt that your non-living possessions have mood swings and emotions?
A house, a car, a laptop gleaming in the showcase are mere objects. Once they belong to you, they get kick started into life. I do believe our possessions inherit vibes from us, just as pets do. They attune themselves to our touch, our habits, our fingers. They cling, they adopt, they mould.
Ever so slowly, memories settle over them like butterflies. The day my car came home blushing like a bride, the day she threw a royal tantrum in the whirlpool of traffic, the day she took her first shower at the service station, the day she valiantly huffed & puffed home before giving up, the day she was witness to my joyous whistling.
In fact, akin to what the horse Chetak meant to Maharana Pratap Singh…
Going even farther back, remember Devdatta and Panchajanya, the celestial conch shells of Arjun-Krishn. Gandiva and Sudarshan – the divine bow and divine discus.
In Mahabharata era , weapons and conch shells were extremely personified and personalized objects. They were given elaborate names just as we name a child. They remained private, precious and intensely personal possessions. Never did Krishn lust for Gandiva or Arjun for Sudarshanchakra.
Ring out the old, ring in the new.
Jog your memory to those school essays on ‘Autobiography of pen / book/ coin ….’ It always began with spanking new and always ended with Now I’m old and broken and my master has no more use for me… Some did end on a positive note of I’m getting recycled into a brand new …
Recycling is the universal law. Even human bodies are meant for recycle. Samay – Kaalchakra – the circle of Time rolls on like a juggernaut.
Of course, possessions also throw up 2 extreme personalities. There are the infamous hoarders who are loathe to part with tiniest tidbits (Guilty, your honor!) Then there are the ‘first day first show’ fanatics who sleep on pavements since midnight, so long as their paw is the first to grab the ‘latest’ iPhone. Today’s owned object is tossed aside tomorrow.
Use and throw. Objects, relations, people …
How does one tread the fine tightrope between attachment and detachment?
That’s true. Even I believe that the objects we use have. We buy things of our choice, we arrange/ decorate our house as per our choice. Each house acquires a individuality as per the person who resides in it. Similarly the objects of our use acquire a distinctiveness or maybe vibes, if you prefer to say so. These possessions are dear to us and yet when increase beyond a limit pull us down.
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Har ghar kuch kehta hai. Houses especially give off very noticeable vibes. It must be more than Vastu, it must be the accumulated resonations of every family members being absorbed into walls.
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True that..have to be accumulated vibes.
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he he he he I loved the cartoons and especially the last one .. sure NO ATTACHMENTS is the mantra 🙂
and Iphone is not a problem with me because I dont have a Iphone he he he 🙂
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No iPhone ..fantastic. If you had admitted ‘No mobile at all’, then I would certainly bestowed ‘Monk’ title upon you.
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Ha ha ha.. no not that backwards he he he.. although I have a old one.. hoping to get a Samsung s6 this December during Christmas salesssss. ..
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I’m halfway to being a Monkess (is there such a term or have I revolutionalized vocabulary?), since I haven’t downloaded WhatsApp.
As for the rest, I am happy with touch screens and simple to-do instructions.
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Oh me gosh, so there goes my title ‘Monk,’ it would seem, my Dear Sweety, as I ‘own’ two. Sigh! 🙂
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Haha, but you are allowed to retain the title if you are ‘unattached’ emotionally to them.
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🙂
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Invariable relate to some of them and was indeed an interesting read.
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I’m so glad you relate. Thank you. Now I know I’m not the only ‘weird’ one on earth!
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Ha Ha…With myraid of emotions and psyches I guess that’s natural not weird.
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Ok, we are re-classified as normal 🙂 Nice to be on the edge, though. Why lead a boring life when it can be a cliff hanger life?
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Truly agree…Happy Puja and good night dear.
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Happy Puja!
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NEVER consider Yourself Alone in weirdness, my Dear Sweety! Actually I think I have registered and patented the first place in that! 🙂
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Glad to be in good company. I would label ourselves as ‘harmless weirds’
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🙂
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Ha ha! Fun post and so true. I’m guilty many times but what to do? There are attachments 😉
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Thank you! Yes, attachment is unavoidable. At the most, we can control its intensity, longevity and level of craziness.
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Hey Parul, your blog link keeps saying ‘Private’ and ‘Access required.’ Please check if your blog has autocorrected its settings …(unless you have voluntarily put up safety wall)
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I am sorry Sweety for the trouble. I went self hosted. Here is the new link of the blog – http://happinessandfood.com/
Hope to see you there and let me know how you fine the new look! 🙂 Thank you!
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Oh, congratulations! Doubt if I’ll ever be courageous enough for the bold step. I’ll get back to you on it. P.S- Perhaps your comment settings need be modified for taking us straight to new blog?
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Yeah – I’m working on that. Many things will get to normal in days to come. Still learning.
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You will, you will. At the cost of repetition, it was quite a brave leap. Fortune favors the brave. Best luck.
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Have just returned from an Ashram Aikya meeting at Bodhi Zendo near Kodai, my Dear Sweety. This picture and Thoughts were very much a part of Our discussions! Vibes reaching across the Seas! Love and Regards.
Have shared this on my blog, as the ‘Re-blog’ was not working. 🙂
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Wonders never cease! Amazing coincidence. So what was the conclusion reached in this meeting? Any yogic pathways for the mortal us?
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I do believe I came across the first part of Your question in Facebook, my Dear Sweety! And replied there.
Yogic pathways? Again, HIGHLY co-incidental that You should ask this. Zen meditation was offered. But since I know that, (among a few others), had continued with mine.
Have developed a Dhyaan practice for the Guha Anubhav, which I am going to call G.A.D.
It cannot be called anything new, yet, I am SURE I offer something entirely new, particularly for Christian Sadhaks. Shall be beginning work in ‘writing’ it today.
Regards and Love. 🙂
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Wow – looking forward eagerly to detailed writeup on Dhyaan method. Does it differ from Zen style? I haven’t yet followed Zen method ever- I just follow whatever was told in Yoga classes.
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As Methods, Dhyaan, Zen and Vipassna are all the same. It is in the Dhaaran that they differ.
My write-up shall be more for Christians, using the Christian points for Dhaaran.
And actually it is Not good to change methods mid stream! If You have difficulties, Your Guru will see to it.
Regards and Love, my Dear Sweety! Keep Smiling! 🙂
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Very interesting. What is Dhaaran? Keep me posted on it.
Am not really facing difficulties, but I did find myself getting angrier. Our guide said its like sweeping a room which was lying dusty for long. So there’s bound to be disturbance early on as all that pent up dust rises to the forefront.
So I’ll just take it as an indication that its working – and strive to not let the dust re settle.
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I liked Your sharing these things with me, my Dear Sweety, but not the ‘guidance’ You are getting. Am not impressed at all.
Dust? Rising and Settling? Without Removing it? Very peculiar.
ARE You doing Dhyaan? …
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I was speaking about the chanting process. They meant that it cleanses internally, so all the prior emotions etc may get churned and slowly thrown out. Sort of like emptying a bottle b4 re filling it. Or like breathing out CO2 b4 breathing in O2.
Dhyaan gets covered in yoga pranayam, I hope.
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Check out Your Facebook msg section, my Dear Sweety! Regards. 🙂
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I did. Thank you so much.
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🙂
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Haha..interesting read dear! Life without attachments? don’t think I’m gonna get moksha any soon 🙂
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Me neither. Only way to get Moksha is to get an audio CD of Moksha group 🙂
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I have a cell phone. I use that in a month for less than 30 minutes. I have a reason. Will write to you in an email.
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That really is impressive. Will await your email for details.
My mobile wasn’t working a few months ago. Those 3 days were blissful. I realized that there is no call so urgent that it cannot be made via landline. Plus I could concentrate full on onto my work.
I’ve heard of families who have strict no TV during dinner policy. Total respect to them!
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I think objects create energy because of the emotions they create in us.
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Hmm, interesting way of thinking. I would call it a circle of life between energy and emotions, with both stimulating each other.
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I liked the way you have beautifully portrayed the life in a different manner… very well articulated post… 🙂
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Thank you for your appreciation.
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Fun post. We need attachments to be happy in life (sadly so) and we are no saints either!
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Correct on both counts. On a tangent, I wonder how saints celebrate happiness, or do they float forever in equanimity?
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Their meditation is their happiness…how will we understand!
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Multiple heavens for multiple levels – Interesting.
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