Detachment - The path for Happy Life

 

From the most miraculous scientific invention to the most devastating terrorist attack, everything is a result of just one “human thought”. “Thought” occupies the whole period of our lives. So let’s think a little productively about the thought that creates “obsession” and “detachment” that untangles the suffocating thread of illusions.

Detachment is a state in which the string that connects your inner self with the outer world breaks, and the happenings of the outer world no more affect your state of mind. Detachment is a neutral zone where you admire nothing and despise nothing. In this zone, you simply flow with time. You see, does an infant cry for the pain of his mother? No, because in that phase he/she is detached from the mother. 

Bhagavad Gita says that Detachment means nothing owns you. When you get detached you set yourself free from the worldly traps of illusions. And then what you experience is love. You connect yourself with the almighty in true sense. You are then able to give unconditionally, without expectations. You work unconditionally, you love unconditionally and you live unconditionally. Now, are you going to be obsessed? No, because now neither you experience any emotional high nor you look for it.

What are the signs of attachment or obsession?

Anxiety

Anger

Hopelessness

Sadness

It is further interesting to note that there are actually some therapists who work in this direction. They decode the reason for your obsession that you may forget on the surface but it lies deep in the mind due to some past event.

How to practice Detachment? 

Detachment can be practised in daily life by making yourself more and more self-aware. Controlling your own mind, healthy reading and meditating daily can be helpful. Meditation here becomes the most important tool. While meditating you connect with yourself. And with the time you will realize that you are becoming more and more detached.