The Irony of Attachment
Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog
Published Nov 2nd, 2015
If we’re always looking for some object or person or thing to create a sense of completion for ourselves, we miss entirely the degree to which we are whole and are complete in every moment. We practice seeing through our attachments to free the mind from the forces of clinging so we can access a more essential and sustainable feeling of happiness.
Sharon Salzberg
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