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Originally Posted by Frans  This leaves me with one question though:
Would a person who is detached from material desire use I-M to get material things? |
As I said, one becomes detached from the
outcome of action; desire (impulse to think or act) still exists. So, a desire can appear in the mind, and it can either be fulfilled, or simply left alone, and the person is fine with either outcome.
So, the way one would manifest desires is through a more relaxed, flowing attitude of
laissez faire towards what is naturally attracted in one's life as a result of thought and action which does not spring from ego or a sense of doership. Bliss attracts fortune if fortune is what one desires, and one does enjoy the fortune when it comes around, too. But if the very next day all riches were lost, one would still maintain the inner state of a king.
That is true detachment.