Detachment.....Submitted by "SoulStar"

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Detachment is an inner state of calmness and being uninvolved on the emotional and mental planes. People who possess emotional and mental detachment can be very active and caring, though they accept calmly whatever happens. Such people accept the good and the bad equally, because they enjoy inner balance and peace.
If we cannot do or change something, it does not disturb our peace of mind. If we are convinced of the importance of some action, we will pursue it whole-heartedly, and can ignore distractions easily. If we succeed with what we do, that is fine, and if we don't, we will either try again or forget the matter and move to something else.
What happens when somebody says to you something that you do not like? You will probably become angry, unhappy or insulted. Why is this so? Because you value other's people words and opinions more than you value your own thoughts and opinions of yourself. You let other's people thoughts, words and actions influence your happiness, actions and reactions. Your happiness and actions depend on them.
Have you ever thought how much time and energy is wasted every day brooding on useless thoughts and feelings because of the lack of detachment? Much of the anger, frustration, unhappiness, disappointments and fights are due to lack of detachment.
Real detachment means inner strength, and the ability to function calmly and with full inner control under all circumstances.

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