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A TECHNIQUE TO DROP EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO DESIRE

Do you see how simple this technique is? But anything simple is complex for the human mind. To begin with, all simple things need you to be simple yourself. This is the basic requirement, or the pre-requisite to understand or internalize the technique.

Here Shiva directly says, 'Whenever a desire arises in you, consider it.' He means, 'Just see, don't judge'. Simply be an unbiased witness, an observer, not a judge.

If you judge something as right or wrong, you will not be able to drop the idea or desire. The moment you say that something is wrong; you have unconsciously begun to enjoy it because right from a young age you have been trained to derive pleasure in enjoying what society labels as wrong. The moment you judge something as right also, you start enjoying it because it is right!

Shiva says, 'See it, and the moment you see it, unclutch from it!' He is teaching renunciation - simple and pure. People may ask, 'How can this be possible? How can we renounce?' I tell them, 'Then follow the method that you know to overcome it, that's all, simple!' You either learn from an enlightened master, or life will teach you. Life is going to teach you. If you learn from the master, it will be a lot easier for you because he will talk to you