The Law of Detachment, Law #6

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
- Albert Einstein

6) The Law of Detachment
 This law says that in order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it. This doesn't mean you give up the intention to create your desire. You give up your attachment to the result. This is a very powerful thing to do. The moment you relinquish your attachment to the result, combining one-pointed intention with detachment at the same time, you will have that which you desire. Anything you want can be acquired through detachment, because detachment is based on the unquestioning belief in the power of your true Self. Attachment comes from poverty consciousness, because attachment is always to symbols. Detachment is synonymous with wealth consciousness, because with detachment there is freedom to create. True wealth consciousness is the ability to have anything you want, anytime you want, and with least effort. To be grounded in this experience you have to be grounded in the wisdom of uncertainty. In this uncertainty you will find the freedom to create anything you want.
-Deepak Chopra

Wow. I'm going to have to work on this. I'm so anxious for things to be "just right" and get my heart set on being someplace at a certain time, and get in a hurry. Or I want a certain job offer, or a myriad of other things.  Maybe there's  a good reason for things being just the way they are at THIS moment in time. AND the next moment.  When I hang my hopes on the results of something, or someone, and it doesn't happen how and when I expected it to, I'm disappointed.  But if I don't hang my hopes on those results, I won't be.

I can identify with this. As someone who has gone thought the insanity of trying to get a different result from doing the same thing over and over.

Today, I'm going to contemplate the wisdom of uncertainty, and not let change get the best of me. 

Photo Credit: Oregon State University Archives

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