Our Attachments Are Like A Rented House That We Dont Usually Leave Unless We Are Evicted Gita 07.01

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are like a rented house that we don’t usually leave unless evicted our attachments are our mental home that’s where our thoughts go by default when we don’t have anything to think about just as our home is the place where we physically go when we don’t have anywhere else to go to now our attachments are like a home but they are a rented home whatever we are attached to that attachment that object doesn’t stay forever with us and when that object goes away we suffer sometimes more than what we would suffer if we were evicted from a house that we thought was our own unfortunately with respect to physical objects even after losing the home even after losing the object we may still stay attached to them that attachment simply causes us suffering usually only after we go through much pain and only when we reluctantly accept that that object is not going to come back to us do we slowly start limping on if instead of being evicted we learn to voluntarily vacate our various temporary mental homes then we could save ourselves of much pain suppose we know that the place we are staying in is temporary then we won’t get too attached to it similarly if we remind ourselves that the various objects that we are getting attached to are not going to be with us forever then that knowledge can help us to become attached in fact the Bhagavad Gita chapter says that one of the characteristics of those knowledges is that they stay detached they become detached now Gita wisdom doesn’t just tell us to become detached but also gives us an inclusive philosophical vision by which we can more easily become detached generally giving up something is not easy but that is complemented with taking up something when it becomes easier so we do we do need a mental home and Gita’s wisdom explains that the ultimate reality Krishna is our eternal home he is the power of all powerful things he pervades and sustains all of existence as the power of all powerful things as the attractiveness of all attractive things and as the essence of all essential things with this philosophical vision we understand that it is he who is actually sheltering us through the various objects that we tend to get attached to this understanding helps us to replace our worldly attachment not with detachment but with devotional attachment to Krishna when we are thus attached to him by practicing bhakti yoga we experience him through the practice of bhakti and when we engage with other objects we don’t get entangled with them but our consciousness evolves through them towards increasing devotion to Krishna thank you