Liberation from the self

I've always been fascinated by the concept of detachment. I would love to share my perspective on this subject. 

Just like the concept of “Self love”, the concept of detachment is something that people advice, when you are going through troubles, especially with human relationships. And just like the act of  “self love”, detachment is also one of the key concepts of healing journey. It is a slow process which requires alot of patience and time.My perspective is that, to be able to master detachment, emotionally, from people/worldy pleasures, one must able to DETACH FROM ONSELF first. This lays the cornerstone for one's healing journey.

How do one detach from onself? Is that even a real thing? Can one achieve it? The answer is a solid Yes. 

It starts with understanding the nature we are born into. The species of homosapiens are considered superior, intellectual kind when compared to all the other living creatures to walk on earth. But, the one to say that we are superior to other living creatures are humans themselves. Maybe because of the fact that, we are much progressive than other animals-emotionally. However, the reality is that all living beings possess their unique form of intelligence and mastery. Unbelievable, isn't it? The majority of human inventions are, in some way, inspired by nature. One example is how Japan employed biomimicry to adapt the nose of a bullet train to resemble a kingfisher's beak, lowering noise while passing through tunnels and making it faster and more efficient.

"What is the purpose of our life?" Everyone, for sure, might have went through a phase when you were trying to understand the purpose of your birth and meaning of your life. The word, “Purpose” is subjective. But, from what I understand, our purpose in being born into this world is as simple as the purpose we, as higher intellectual beings, have assigned to the other living beings: to populate. We are just like every other living being on this earth. While we are given the ability to be able to enjoy the creation of the superior force, we must also realise and accept the fact that, our life on this earth is short term. Just like the few years we live on this planet, the memories and relationships we maintain are short lived too. When the last of the person who loved us,dies, the memories of us dies with them too and our name once we thought was unique will be just another name/ or a new person who has also won the race. We do not owe anything to this world or the people we love and the world do not owe anything back to us either. And that is okay. The main thing is, we were given the boon to experience this wonderful creation of the magnificent superior. We lived and loved. Even the body you embody isn't yours. You came from the nature and once you die, you go back to he nature you came from.

When you realise and understand the fact that you are just an individual soul in a human body, you start detaching from yourself. Nothing in this world belongs to you, not even the body that you are in right now. How wonderful is that! All these worldy pleasures, it means nothing when it's time to go back to where you came from.

Once you start accepting yourself as in individual human being, then you'll start considering your fellow humans the same. You will start realising that, they too are just like you, living the life destined for them. Their journey, their destiny, their perspective evrything is different. And the fact that they too are, temporary. Once you accept this, you'll let them go. Let them experience life that they were born to experience. Let them do their thing.

Without expectations. You cannot control them, you cannot tell them what to eat, what do believe, whom to love. You don't own them. Because they don't own themselves.

Now, What can you do? Just love them, accept them, maybe enjoy the experience of this short-term life with them, give them something to remember, until your last breath, until their last breath. Let them figure out their own life, their own “purpose” , guide them if they seek your guidance. Obviously, they can't take with them, the worldly pleasures like money or physical materialistic things, but who knows, Maybe the love you gave, happiness you experienced together might give them hope and strength even after you are gone.

I conclude by saying that, detachment from onself open the door to detachment from fellow living beings and the worldly pleasures. Your whole perspective of life changes. And you'll know where, how and how much energy to recieve as well as give to what actually matters. 

Thank you taking some time of you valuable life to read this. And please note that, this is just my perspective on the concept of detachment which I'm trying to put to practice in my daily life. And, I do not intend to hurt anyone. Wishing you all nothing but happiness, love and liberation from self!

-Dr. ASH