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which you would like to see changed or improved. As
a result you are easily influenced by the perception of
helplessness which these people, places or things
project.
BY BY EMOTIONAL EMOTIONAL DET DETACHMENT
DET ACHMENT YOU YOU CAN
CAN
CHANGE CHANGE THIS THIS SITUA SITUATION!
SITUA TION!
Imagine how free, relieved and happy you would be, if
you could stay calm and poised in the midst of whatever
is happening in your life. Think how much physical,
emotional, and mental energy you could spare, if you
could avoid becoming upset, angry or moody.
PRACTICE PRACTICE THE THE SKILL SKILL OF OF DET DETACHMENT
DET ACHMENT
ACHMENT-
ACHMENT
* * SET SET BOUNDRIES-
BOUNDRIES- BOUNDRIES- Establish emotional
boundaries between you and the person, place or thing
with whom you have become over dependent.
Identify those people, places and things in your life
from which you would be best to develop emotional
detachment in order to retain your personal, emotional
and spiritual health.
* * LET LET GO- GO- GO- Once you have identified the persons,
places and things that disturb you emotionally,
personally and spiritually, adopt the skill of let going.
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Let go the interference of others. Make yourself solely
responsible for your own well- being and happiness.
Let go expectations. Accept that you can’t fix, change,
rescue, save or make someone else happy.
* * TT
TAKE TT
AKE CARE CARE CARE OF OF YOURSELF-
YOURSELF- YOURSELF- Take care of your
well being. Do what is right for you. Say to your self
over and over again, “Taking care of my self must be
my first emotional priority.” Give yourself permission
to focus your time and energy on the good things.
*REFUSE *REFUSE TO TO OPEN OPEN YOURSELF YOURSELF YOURSELF TO
TO
EMOTIONAL EMOTIONAL TURMOIL- TURMOIL- Learn to protect yourself
from exhaustion or from being drained out.
Stay calm and unaffected when in the company of
people who intentionally or unintentionally burden you
with their worries and problems or hurt your feelings.
* * * ADOPT ADOPT A TRUE TRUE TRUE DET DET DETACHED
DET DETACHED
ACHED ATTITUDE TTITUDE -
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This attitude helps you to exercise your best judgment,
handle every situation very efficiently and become
strength for others also in times of needs and
difficulties.
EMOTIONAL EMOTIONAL DET DET DETACHMENT DET DET ACHMENT FOR FOR A BETTER
BETTER
LIVING- LIVING-Visualize LIVING- this state of inner peace and
calmness, undisturbed by circumstances or other
people’s moods and states of mind. Your life will be
like a calm lake unaffected by winds or wave��
Visualize your life’s inner strength.
Editors Note: It’s really a tough call indeed, but after the seed of
detachment is sowed, if we begin our journey with a determined
heart like that of a lotus flower, we may begin to achieve the
desired state of mind, and just like the muddy surroundings of a
blooming lotus flower, external obstacles (noises) may become
obsolete/irrelevant.