In California, I bought a small book called The Five Levels of Attachment by Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. I have only read the first few pages, but again, my mind started spinning from everything that is falling into place like a jigsaw puzzle. Also, it makes a good addition to last week’s post “The Problems of the World need to be solved on the Level of Belief”.

The core is that the more attached we are to a certain belief (which is subjective), the less we see the real wisdom to be discovered. It is good to believe in something but as I said last week, we need to be careful what we believe in and be aware that a belief is not the truth. When we look at life through the filter of our belief system, we are completely missing the life we could live. When we are too focused on what we know, we are blind to see what we don’t know. Since we create our lives from what we know, our creations are based on our attachments. And those creations happen reflexively. That is also the reason why the same words can be understood completely differently by two people. That can lead to misunderstandings and drama. And that’s only, because none of them considered a different perception based on a different, personally created belief system.

We attach ourselves consciously or unconsciously as a consequence of what we believe. That concerns the picture we have of ourselves. A possible lack of love we feel for ourselves attaches us even more to that lack instead of to the perfect being we are. If we were not perfect the way we are, we would not be the way we are. It is that simple. As I often wrote, all that is, exists to make one whole and to support each of us in our development. Once we understand how our attachment to a belief can restrict our view and perception, we may try to detach from that belief. But we must be careful not to create an additional attachment: to detach from what we are attached to. That way, the grip of what we want to let go can become even tighter. That’s why we must not fight something. That which we fight is what we set our mind to.

Detaching does not work by looking at the object and trying to talk it away. Creating a new or changed belief works by seeing what we want to believe instead. See yourself as a perfect creation with all its opinions, ideas, visions, dreams, ways, and beliefs. And so is everyone. Once you stop looking at what you cannot stand and instead search for all that you appreciate, detachment happens naturally. You open your mind for more. The picture of yourself and of who you are becomes wider. You begin to see that who you are lies beyond your attachments. Only there can you find your whole potential and the joy of using and sharing it. Only from the place of detachment can you enter the world of wisdom.

As long as we claim that “we know”, we keep ourselves from knowledge.
Let’s open our minds and let wisdom happen.

In Love and Light

P.S. I am looking forward to continue reading that book… hopefully, one day soon 😂