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RT Wolf · 04-28-2007, 06:10 PM

Thank you everyone for posting.

I found most of the answer to my dillema in the threads in the "Similar Threads" thing at the bottom there.

I was confusing indifference with detachment. Detachment is not indifference. There is sitll a preference for one thing over another. Eventually, though, in terms of the buddhist traditiosn, it seems that in pursuing spiritual development I might want to transcend my desires completely, which is something I read ALG saying. The key is not to get too attached to what you want, which is a mistake I was making in understanding the Law of Detachment from Deepak Chopra. He said that in the first paragraph of that chapter. Here:

The Law Of Detachment

With that understanding of detachment towards results, its easier to manifest. That's similar to my experience with public speaking. When I cared about the results too much, I would get nervous and wrory. But I remember one time when I was just too tired to care about what happened and just tried my best without any attachment to results, I did one of my finest presentations ever (at least in terms of marks).

So this state of detachment, and not indifference, is the number 2 state that ALG talks about. Thanks!

I think I'm starting to understand this a lot more now and it'll take a bit more thinking and reading (especially Deepak Chopra and Ask and It is Given) before I understand it tptally. Again, thank you everyone for replying and helping me understand this better.

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RT Wolf Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toronto, Canuckland Posts: 1,737	Thank you everyone for posting. I found most of the answer to my dillema in the threads in the "Similar Threads" thing at the bottom there. I was confusing indifference with detachment. Detachment is not indifference. There is sitll a preference for one thing over another. Eventually, though, in terms of the buddhist traditiosn, it seems that in pursuing spiritual development I might want to transcend my desires completely, which is something I read ALG saying. The key is not to get too attached to what you want, which is a mistake I was making in understanding the Law of Detachment from Deepak Chopra. He said that in the first paragraph of that chapter. Here: The Law Of Detachment With that understanding of detachment towards results, its easier to manifest. That's similar to my experience with public speaking. When I cared about the results too much, I would get nervous and wrory. But I remember one time when I was just too tired to care about what happened and just tried my best without any attachment to results, I did one of my finest presentations ever (at least in terms of marks). So this state of detachment, and not indifference, is the number 2 state that ALG talks about. Thanks! I think I'm starting to understand this a lot more now and it'll take a bit more thinking and reading (especially Deepak Chopra and Ask and It is Given) before I understand it tptally. Again, thank you everyone for replying and helping me understand this better.