In my last post, I wrote a little about the 6th law from the book The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra. This law states that when we detach, we can acquire anything. This is hand in hand with the law of intention and desire because, in this law, we don’t give up our will or desire but just the attachment to the outcome of our intentions and desires.
Detachment relates to our knowing that a higher intelligence is involved, whereas attachment is filled with doubt and fear that our desires will not be realized. Out attachments have our ego signature all over them. Our ego loves the known/certainty and rejects trusting the higher intelligence of the universe.
The best way to see attachment is in how society, at least in the United States, covets the “American Dream.” Success is defined by financial and status wealth. Happiness is determined by the certainty of wealth symbols — money, cars, designer clothes, houses, recreational freedom, etc. There are defined ways to obtain these items, which provides some comfort.
I don’t know about you, but I have not found happiness in my paycheck or clothes. Societal standards and conditioning have taught us that we are defined by our attachments to the distractions defined by our egos. But it doesn’t have to be that way, and we can find happiness in our goal-setting.
I have a great example. I took a trip to Iceland in July of this year. It was a short, last-minute trip. The trip activities were planned from the first day to the last. What wasn’t planned was the earthquakes and volcano eruption. I could have freaked out about the imminent natural disasters, but I decided to let it go and let it flow. We did all of our planned activities and enjoyed the moments. My desire was for us to return home on time and safely. My goal was to enjoy the trip and not focus on whether or not the volcano eruption would affect our air travel, so I let go. It turned out to be one of the best trips I’ve taken in my whole life. If I had been attached to the outcome, I would not have been present for the activities or would have tried to get home before the volcano eruption, and the trip would have been a waste.
It’s so important to detach. From my example, you saw how I let go of what I thought should happen (no volcano eruption) and went with what was happening. There was uncertainty every day, but we didn’t let that stop us from enjoying the moment. Because of the moment, I came back with experiences that I would not have if I had allowed fear to set in.
It’s not easy to experience the law of detachment, but it is a freeing and energy-saving (law of least effort) thing to experience. How has the law of detachment benefitted your life?
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