Attachments View

Attachment is what makes everything permanent. Only when the mind is at ease will one see how attachment causes suffering, and only when this is seen will suffering fall away…

Holding onto a view even in the face of evidence that it’s false is the most binding of all attachments. Basically attachment views occur in a certain order. Believing what is seen, the mental reaction to what is seen, and holding onto what is seen even though evidence proves otherwise. The first two are the ones that occur mostly, and most people learn from these to a large degree, but the third one is where attachment becomes deeply embedded in the subconscious. It grabs hold of you and makes you do all kinds of things. There are many ways that attachments manifest, just look at all the things that are reached for. The attachment here is that things will bring satisfaction, but as soon as it’s attached to it’s gone so the next attachment is needed; this is attachment at its finest.

To me this is how attachments view begins. You think someone is following you, that’s the beginning; it starts with a thought. Now the mind takes over and the mental reaction occurs and the nonsense begins. If the person thought to be following you passes you that attachment will simply fall way. But if you’re in the grip of it, you will think the person passing you is just part of the plan. The attachment will always have to run its course before subsiding. No matter what it is in life, it will pass away, that’s a fact. Attachment makes everything permanent so it can remain in place. Only when the mind is at ease will one see how attachments cause suffering, and only when this is seen will the suffering fall away…