Training your mind to become detached from craving.
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Attachment
The mind is a restless wanderer that gets attached to all the things it sees and hears.
It is mostly through eyes and ears that the mind gathers things to satisfy its desires.
Most of the time, it just goes around and grasps everything it wants.
However, this should not be the case. In fact, before the mind gets attached to something, we must have discrimination to see whether the desired object is good for us or not.
The 15th sutra of Patanjali warns us not to mistake non-attachment with indifference.
Every desire creates a ripple in our mind which prevents it from being steady and calm.
If you want to dedicate yourself to any type of practice, you need to be wholeheartedly engaged in it, and a restless mind prevents you from succeeding in that.
To liberate yourself through meditation and Yogic practice, your mind must be free from attachment!
In fact, some people need not even practice meditation if their minds are free from selfish desires. You can see that they are always at ease, and they never become restless and disappointed.
To avoid any misunderstandings, being unattached entails being without personal desires.
Only when we become unattached in our personal lives can we become able to serve others. By doing so, happiness and joy will come our way.
Each desire binds us and makes us restless. Only desirelessness can bring us the liberation we seek.
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Questions about Self-Mastery
How long is the Self-Mastery lesson?
About 20 minutes of reading in all, in short parts of about five minutes. Read one a day, or go at your own pace in the Mind app.
Is the Self-Mastery lesson free?
The beginning is free to read on this page. The rest comes with a Mind subscription in the app.
Do I need experience before starting the Self-Mastery lesson?
No. It starts from the basics and builds step by step, so you can begin today whether you are new to the topic or not.
