Looking Inside

Day of Consciousness

A reflection on how humans prefer to focus externally and find fault without rather than reflect on our behavior and accept accountability for our actions. 

Last month we talked about attachment  (or non attachment)  in an effort to become conscious of how our actions reflect our attachments. 

This month we continue the journey reflecting on and observing how we are not only attached we also become defensive when we feel our attachments are threatened. Kinda makes sense.

It begins with the unconscious attachment to something or someone, a principal, or maybe a concept. We've decided (or more accurately, our ego has decided) that something is important to us; getting a certain job, accomplishing a goal or objective, sometimes it involves our children or another important person in our life. But we've decided what needs to happen (or not happen) and all our actions will pursue this goal with single minded determination. 

Everything we do relating to our obsession dejoir reflects that attachment. We stop being reflective or contemplative. We stop being conscious or questioning and just act on the attachment energy. 

We've all met people like this. We've all  seen online influencers, sports and entertainment participants and others in the tech industry, politics or religion that are absolutely obsessed with their goal; their attachment what ever it is. They won't, indeed they can't let anything distract, disrupt or dissuade them from their obsession.

Now look inside. Where have you also had an obsession or an attachment that can't be ignored or altered. If you don't find one, you're not looking hard enough. 

It's human nature, indeed, human survival to focus and maintain determined, even dogged attention on something. 

We see it in animals from our pets (throw the ball, give a treat) to the birds and rodents around our homes (build that nest, grab that bug or seed). Yet, given all of human advances how often are your attachments about true survival? 

So why do we still maintain attachments unless it's to help us become conscious of them, understand them and let them go. To be able to observe others and their attachments and find the common elements we share instead of focusing on the differences. 

Be conscious and take that look inside. What do you see? What will you change and what will you stay attached to?