 Attachment
is a tie or a bond with an object, whereby we feel it to be desirable,
magnify its attractive qualities, and develop a desire to possess it.
Upon visiting a grand mansion, an ancient fakir, or sage, was approached
by its owner. The Fakir asked for some water and a resting place for
the night.
He asked the owner: 'Whose house is it?'
“It is mine”, the owner replied.
The fakir said that he had visited the house twenty years ago when
there was a different owner, to which the present owner responded:
"It used to belong to my father then.”
The fakir continued by saying: “Twenty years before that there
was another owner.”
“It used to belong to my grandfather then,” the owner replied.
After a moment's silence the fakir said: “If your father and
grandfather could not keep the property, how can you?”
Many of us become attached to objects and people we invariably have
to leave behind. Yet we develop such attachment that if our car is
scratched or if we lose a particular item, we get moody and jump into
states of depression and anxiety. A point for consideration, if your
car is stolen or your house is burnt down you will be upset and may
consider it to be the end, but, if you die your home or car will soon
find other owners without loss or pain.
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