Indians and Attachment
July 3rd, 2008If you are born in India and have spent you early days in childhood in India, then mostly you have this tendency of getting attached. Getting attached to almost everything in life. Right from your friends to immovable things like car. Lol. Why?
Its the culture mainly, the high emotional touch in any relationship right from the childhood. Its not about any religion as such but the values which are put into us.
Attachment is inbuilt in every Indian living in India. And its a big irony that The greatest Epic of Hindu “The Bhagvadgita” mentions one should get away from attachments. This is mentioned by Lord Krishna himself that a person who is away from attachment is away from all worries in life. But how many in India read the Gita??
Not many. They read it when its near to death in old age as reading it helps in getting out of the fear for death ! But many read it in youth like me and know how truthfull it is.
But how can we get away from attachments?
To be frank, one cannot get away from 100% attachment in life, but one can limit it surely. And it makes a whole lot of difference. One who can conquer ones own attachment tendency can conquer anything in the world !!
Define a set of rules for everybody and everything in life…i.e. To what extent you want to be attached to somebody. This only you can decide according to how important that person is to you, Divide it by 2. And thats the limit. Yes, just get attached half way down and you will be much more happier person in life.
Try it out. Think about planning future, think about further studies, think about changing jobs, think about better opportunities abroad….think less about emotional things and attachments…as love is not about being attached and losing..
True love will always help you win and conquer…fight back !!

