. Detachment is something we know about in the spiritual life. It doesn't mean not to get involved; it means to not let outer circumstances throw off your inner balance.
. The word detachment is too cold. What is meant in spiritual terms is this - we, as one with all, will have a certain amount of pleasure and pain, but will not let it affect our emotional balance too greatly to throw our minds into the extreme poles of joy or sorrow. The real control is detachment from fear. Once you have ga...
. Detachment is something we know about in the spiritual life. It doesn't mean not to get involved; it means to not let outer circumstances throw off your inner balance.
. The word detachment is too cold. What is meant in spiritual terms is this - we, as one with all, will have a certain amount of pleasure and pain, but will not let it affect our emotional balance too greatly to throw our minds into the extreme poles of joy or sorrow. The real control is detachment from fear. Once you have gained this important attribute of God, then you can enjoy greater life. Yes, you can have a joy mixed with pain and not be affected to the same extent as previously. Only when fear is in control of those two poles is your life attached to its physical, mental, and spiritual possessions. Give up fear and you need never give up another thing in your life. Great joys physically, mentally, and spiritually can become yours, balanced by what sorrows there need be in your life!
. The vairag is the detached state of consciousness. This goes along with God-Realization. Detached does not mean without compassion, uncaring, without love. It means simply that you can have compassion, you can enjoy life, but if sorrow comes into your life, it does not burden you until the end of your days. You are able to see the hand of God in it.
. Detached does not mean unemotional; it means that no matter what we have in life, we will not be crushed if it is taken from us. It means we have the attitude of total trust in life to give us what is for our own spiritual benefit.
The Spiritual Laws of Life
Sri Harold Klemp
The Mahanta, the Living ECK Master