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Journaling to Uncover Craving and Clinging in Everyday Life

Clinging means to hang on to something, to not want something to end. Or to be unwilling to let go of an idea or a practice or a thing.

Four things we cling to – sensual pleasures, views, rituals and observances, and self, or thoughts of who we are.

And today let’s discuss how that recently came together for Margaret Meloni, as she shares a section from her attachment journal.

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Unraveling Attachment: Exploring the Buddhist Teachings on Letting Go

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If your cravings control you, you will experience more suffering. If you control your cravings, you will experience less suffering.Is it really that simple?Let’s explore some of the suttas on craving. In this way, we will build a foundation for our future discussions and contemplations.

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Dr. Seth Zuihō Segall: The Myth of the Unattached Path

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Is it wrong to attach to people? Sometimes it seems like that is part of the teachings around clinging and aversion. Yet. we are human beings and we need socialization to flourish. What’s a Buddhist to do?

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Journal with Me? Taking Stock of Clinging and Aversion.

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You, see, just because I have gone through the deaths of quite a few of my loved ones, doesn’t mean I am free from all attachments.
What is the point of paying attention? Our own clinging and aversion provide powerful lessons. When we are open and ready to receive those lessons.

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Reclaiming Peace Through Connecting with Clinging and Aversion in Your Buddhist Practice

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Now let’s fast forward, the Buddha teaches for about 40 years and then he dies. Or really he obtains nirvana or Nibbana – he is no longer subject to rebirth. Why? Because he has gained release from suffering. He does not cling, he does not experience aversion. And if you consider his body of teaching, the thousands of lessons he taught, the thousand of lessons his monks taught – why? What was the reason? To show us how to live in a way that we could gain release from suffering.

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