Today I felt a pain in my thigh as my massage therapist was working on my legs. I asked, “What is that?” She answered, “An attachment.”
In the lovely relaxed atmosphere of her office, free association took over: I have an attachment to my husband and three sons and their families, my two stepdaughters and their families, eating organic food, being surrounded by beauty, watching the sunset.
Then, like the unwanted previews on Netflix DVD’s, my less wholesome attachments began parading across the screen: my need to have decisions settled and decided right now, my need to be on time, my need to know everything.
The pain in my thigh was related to an attachment. Does attachment often lead to pain?
I wanted to write about this today as it was fresh on my mind. The more I mulled it over, the more I suspected that attachments are mysteries to explore and that the subject is not going to be closed in one blog post.
More exploration of this is needed.
What are you attached to – both on the positive and less flattering side? Please let me know on the comment section on the blog or hit return to this email.
Thanks for exploring the mystery of attachments –
Nicky Mendenhall
Photo captured while waiting for green flash purported to happen when sun dips into the ocean. San Diego, CA.
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In Buddhism it is one of the sources of suffering. On the other hand, Attachment Disorder is the failure to attach to another human emotionally, a huge source of disfunction and pain. We must attach to others, then not hold on things as the sources of our happiness. ??
Vicki – this crystallizes my thinking – thanks so much. I feel a series on attachment materializing! Look forward to more input from you!
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