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Old 08-14-2008, 02:01 AM   #10 (permalink)
Brutha
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Just like in life, some people like to say they're "going with the flow" which sounds like detachment, but I'm often suspicious.
Nietsche is quoted as having said:
A man's maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child, at play. (and at that time children played with each other selfmades roleplays)

You can be very seriously play something without being attached to an outcome.

Go is a game that rewards non attached to your stones or positions. A Go game can end in a lot of different ways.
If someone has only one outcome in mind for a situation he loses the flexibilty and gets less effective.

I think a lot about life is similar. If you have invested in a venture and it fails, it sometimes is better to quit that venture instead of pumping more money into it. Nonattachment to particular outcomes of ventures allows for that.
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