Detachment

http://www.tsgfoundation.org -- Excerpted from the fourth of a 12-part series by Gita Saraydarian on the Science of Becoming Your True Self on the topic of the principle of detachment. The complete, one-hour lecture is available on DVD, CD, and mp3: http://tinyurl.com/SBYTS-4

In lecture four Gita discusses the process and importance of practicing detachment.

We may think that to detach ourselves means to hate, to ignore, to divide, to separate, to stand aloof, or to be cold and rough toward a given object. These are not signs of true detachment. True detachment is a Soul attitude, a function carried out on the Soul plane rather than on the physical, emotional, or lower mental planes. Actually you are not detaching your True Self from anyone or anything. You are detaching your Self from the inertia of the body, from the glamors of your emotional world, and from the illusions of your mental realm. You are also detaching your Real Self from the objects with which you were identified only through inertia, glamors, and illusions.

In true detachment your spiritual identification deepens and widens on the spiritual side of an object. At the same time you identify less and less with phenomena until, eventually, you are able to see the object as it is, free from your personal, mechanical reactions and free from your imposing, forcing will of the lower self, expressed in many ways. According to your degree of success in detaching from any object, your soul love increases, your light becomes brighter, your will stronger, and your joy deeper. Attachment makes you smaller; detachment makes you greater.
- The Science of Becoming Oneself by Torkom Saraydarian, p. 42

This lecture includes the following:
1) Introduction
2) What is Detachment?
3) Physical Attachments
4) Emotional Attachments
5) Mental Attachments
6) Spiritual Attachments
7) Progress
8) Purpose & Evolution
9) Transmutation
10) Summary
11) Assignment #4
12) Visualization

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We have an inner life that is often at odds with our outer life. Our outer life does not reflect who we are or who we want to be. For the most part, our outer life reflects our social and cultural patterns that have been imprinted on us and we have embraced them as part of who we need to be. The result is frustration, regrets, wrong life choices, and sadness. As we mature, we begin to realize this is not the kind of life that we want and we need to start to connect with our genuine self, our real essence.

What is that essence we are seeking? We have buried inside of us a soul, a divine spirit that is immortal and indestructible. It needs to be expressed and acknowledged. We need to find it and release it so that our life reflects the reality that is consistent with who we are. This is the greatest gift we can give to ourselves.

Finding our divine spirit or True Self is a journey of discovery, of becoming, of manifesting the qualities of the divine. It is a process that will fill us with joy and it will heal us. We become whole and integrated.

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[WebmasterTSG]

First, make sure the relationship is not toxic and is mutually gratifying. Then, detach from the issues that make no difference, let the other person grow and become who they truly are. Then, on things that most matter to you and to your partner, talk about it and see how best to resolve. Detachment does not mean not to care, but to care enough to wait for the other to grow. Detachment comes from knowing your true value and the value of the other and the value of real relationships.

[Famfriass]

How can one detach themselves from a partner in a committed relationship?

[ggomery1]

thank you. great. inspiring. gg