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Why ‘Letting Go’ and ‘Detachment’ Can be Pitfalls on the Spiritual Path

January 12, 2012 by Peter Fernando 3 Comments

by guest author Peter Fernando, Meditation and Mindfulness I received this honest and moving question a few weeks back: If you have never bonded with your mother and so have never experienced secure attachment in a primary relationship, how can you work with non-attachment? And letting go? When you have never really experienced having anything to hold onto? The first thing I should say is this: I am no expert in this field, so please don't take my word as gospel. I can only reflect from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meditation Practices, Practices Tagged With: attachment, awakening, heart-pain, letting go, meditation, mindfulness, psychology, self, The Heart, vulnerability

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