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ON ATTACHMENT By Professor Dr. Tan Man-Ho (An excerpt from the original work, Real World Views, Book 13, by Professor Dr. Tan Man-Ho entitled, "Principles of the Logico-Psychophilosophical Methods in its Application to Problems of the Real World," March 1982 - September 1983 Discourses, Chapter 7, Section B: "On Attachment," pp. 234~238)
B. ON ATTACHMENT
1
Every center resembles a hand. It
catches objects both in the outer world and in the inner world itself.
Our thinking mind catches outer objects almost all the time forming ideas
that speedily transforms into the glue of mental attachment. Even our
feelings catch objects too. These objects evoke all kinds of feelings
in us both positive and negative forming the glue of feeling attachment.
Similarly, objects in the outer world are often responsible for moving
center attachment. Foods are outer world objects that attract the
instinctive mind. Sexy and beautiful ladies arouse the sexual desire
of man, strengthen sexual identification and evoke a trialectic pursuit. When the men are attached to them, they may use this
attachment commercially to satisfy their abnormal needs. Whosoever
meets such an individual, should meditate off the attachment glue which
binds them in slavery. Matured sex-beings are able to use these
attachments for creation, procreation and sociocosmic advancements such as
health, friendship, family, career, business, national and international
integration. 2
Distinguish between attachment (emotional)
to monetary gains and the objective, scientific and mathematical handling of
money. The word "Greed" is used to refer to the spiritually
underdeveloped whose heart is easily influenced by wealth, and the concept
of money is not fully developed in them. He who is not identified with
money is not greedy. 3
Avoid the captivity of the rules and
regulations of organized religious bodies. But be bound to the real
teacher so that you may grow. If you are attached to these bodies, you
have not yet overcome attachment. Therefore, learn to detach yourself
from the religious bodies as well as your teacher. Your real teacher
is not eternal so you must detach from him as soon as possible. 4
We must
see
objectively everything that is to be objectively seen, including the most
beautiful and seductive woman; if you are a woman the most handsome and
richest man. Subjective seeing leads to attachment and suffering
because the object that has enchanted you has become an internal part of
your psychological body. The object's detaching behaviors can easily
inflict wounds to this part in you. 5
Assess a person's strong attachment or
identification, if discovered. Understand it and assist its
transformation. Work on the planetary neighbor would then be easier. 6
Identify not with your thoughts, feelings,
movements, sexual impulses and instincts. Ride on them but be
separated from them. 7
A mind must be able to ripen into
higher subject-matters.
One must be able to see
one's own brain being trapped in its own
subject-matter and decision outcomes
according to the mode of motion of this
subject-matter body before one can really
buds consciously into any higher dimensions. 8
True is the imprisonment of the body by
the bars, false is it for the mind. 9
Because religions’ greed
concept is only psychological and does not cover
property as a
direct objectivization of concealed greed, it easily becomes instrumental to
the greedy to proceed with coating himself with property. Wealthy
beings have a unique way to handle this contradiction. They keep two
kinds of opposite goods in the same house, using the appropriate ones
according to the situation. 10
Attachment occurs in the five centers ‑ mental attachment, emotional
attachment, moving attachment, instinctive attachment and sexual attachment.
A sexy woman uses sexual attachment to control and enslaves a man. 11
The spirit must be liberated from its
attachments to its own physical defects and worldly material desires. 12
To attach to human beings is inner world
slavery. Suffer is he who attaches himself to someone or something is
a position called food. 13
If we are not attached to one thing we are
attached to another. To have a Real I, is to be detached from all
things and yet in all things. 14
Steer your ship away from the shipwreck or
debris of other ships. Remember that your harbor may be popular for
the anchorage of many useless ships and do not be too welcoming or too
hopeful for a good ship to harbor. This is still attachment. 15
Never let any being (even wife or human
being) become your attached being but treat and love them from humanistic
principles. If you are emotional to a being, you could easily be
controlled by it. If you are unattached, and possess loving kindness,
you will be without hate, jealousy and anger. 16
Remember that you can even detach yourself
from your daily problems. First, you must be able to feel that a
problem is an "object". Then you must be able to stand outside the
problem, decide to take or let go, to buy or to sell it, and finally to
detach from it. Pick a problem like picking a stone. Let it go
like letting go a stone from your hand. 17
Remember to detach from everything,
everything...... completely. Remember that your detachment from an
object frees the object. The psyche mixes in its own way through
constant interfacing and interaction. The result is that you become
attached again. 18
Don't let yourself fall into the captive
ideas of others, not even higher mantra. Let it come and go. If
another being produces a mantra which is evil, telling you that he will
murder you, don't let this word hold you captive. Hold this mantra in
you and after some time pick up other useful direction. 19
Do not let your spirit be imprisoned by
any neighboring planetary beings scattered about on the surface of the
earth, for they are obstacles to your freedom. To be a man, one must
be spiritually unattached. 20 Divine Attachment through Autoprojection You
become dependent on a Thing; And It
becomes your God;
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