Life is to be experienced, not controlled.
It’s a bit of a relief to grasp the concept of detachment. When you understand that absolutely nothing is yours, down to your own feelings and emotions, you remove a burden from yourself. You remove the burden of always feeling the need to be in control or to be in a position of understanding. When you realize everything is meant to be experienced, even people, you release the need for control of others.
The art of letting go allows you to realize people are allowed to be released and only experienced. You cannot tie your self-worth or self-importance to another being or outside factor, it is out of your control. People will say whatever is on your mind this does not mean it is a reflection of you, it is in fact a reflection of them. This is true because people can only operate within their level of understanding, someone can’t out outside of themselves, it is merely impossible. Think about this. Will a successful person shut your dream down? Will a kind person curse you out? Will a giving person not share their last with you? Probably not.
The successful person only knows how to operate on a level of success, the kind person only knows how to be kind, the giving person only knows how to give. This is obviously true with a healthy boundary, this does not mean to overstep with these kinds of people, but you get my point.
When we leave this life, we take nothing but our spirits with us. We are spiritual beings inside a body, this is why you can train the body to experience heightened levels of pain because the spirit is what withholds life. This is why we must instruct our minds to go towards the reality of nothing is yours, yours to claim, feel, and know. You choose to feel how you feel. You choose to allow things to bother you. You choose to see the glass full and experience the beauty life has to offer. If something doesn’t turn out the positive way you expected, you must release that result to God. You must understand that everything is working out for your good. There is always a lesson to be learned, life is always teaching us how to grow. Life is growth. From that perspective, it is impossible to be attached and therefore, saving yourself from misery.
Happy Living Unattached and Unbothered,
Alondra Liset
