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To achieve anything
you must practice patience, devotion and faith. The one who learns to master self
(control the mind) is the one who learns how to detach and let go. This does
not mean indifference. Every desire causes the mind to wander. When the mind is
chasing desires it is not at peace. With a restless mind it is impossible to
maintain your focus and to practice with patience, devotion and faith.
To be unattached
means to be without personal desires. This is where it gets tricky because to
remove personal desires means to remove expectations. If you remove expectation
you remove disappointment. Then you are truly free. You may think that if I denounce
everything I will not have any joy in my life. This is not so. If you seek to
serve others unselfishly you will receive eternal joy. Your just rewards will
come. You can never be happy by chasing after money and things. But to give unselfishly
with no expectations is to be grounded within yourself and when you are
grounded and happy within yourself, you will find peace.
Everything in life gives. Sacrifice is the law of life. A
tree gives fruit. A cow gives milk and a candle burns to give you light. Now you
may ask, “How am I to live if I serve others?” You must have a roof over your
head and food to eat. You must live and exist in the world. All of these things
will come into your life with a sense of joy when your motive is to serve others.
The corporation who seek to serve others by providing good jobs, good pay, good
products and good benefits is a happier place than the corporation that seek to
suppress and take advantage of others. Family and friends who support each
other without the desire for personal gains are much happier than the family
who selfishly fights to control each other.
When I teach
a yoga class and at the end someone comes up to me and tells me what I said
made a difference in their life, I am filled with joy. There is no value you
can put on those moments. To give with no expectations always returns to you
the greatest joy. So give of yourself unselfishly with patience,
devotion and faith. In this you will achieve. Nothing is achieved without practice.
Detach and
let go of desires. Do not let your desires bind you. Go out into the world unselfishly
with a peaceful mind and serve others. In this you will find happiness and
peace.
Doctor Lynn
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