Detachment Comes From Awareness

“The tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it is attained, it does not cause happiness – it merely causes a flash of pleasure followed by weariness, and it is always accompanied, of course, by the anxiety that you may lose the object of your attachment.” -Anthony de Mello

If the sun refused to shine
I would still be loving you
When mountains crumble to the sea
There will still be you and me -song, “Thank You” by Led Zeppelin

A unifying theme across almost all the great spiritual traditions is the idea of detachment. Or not being attached “to the things of this world.” (John 2:15)

But detachment doesn’t come from going off into the woods and living like a hermit. Denying everything and everyone. (Although if that’s your jam, go for it.)

Detachment comes from being aware that nothing lasts. All fades away. Memento Mori.

Love it all while you still can.