Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about Nekkhamma = Letting Go
To truly renounce, to truly let go, we have to investigate the process of attachment happening in our mind.
We can observe and investigate this process everytime when we're shopping. For example, if we buy a new phone, or any other object. The moment we pay and take the phone, our mental attitude changes profoundly. Mine-making happens. We suddenly regard the phone as 'mine'.
It's exactly the same phone, nothing has changed in the object after we bought it. But what has changed is our mental attitude, we now regard it as 'our possession', we cling and attach to it.
However, if we clearly see with wisdom how this 'mine-making' actually leads to our pain & suffering (e.g. the phone breaks or malfunctions or gets stolen), we will abandon or at least weaken our sense of ownership.
Ajahn also gives examples how ownership implies permanent possession. If we can't keep it forever, it's only 'rented', we don't really own it.
But can we keep our body permanently, or is it just 'rented' from nature (earth, water, fire, wind) for a while?
How about our feelings and emotions?
Can we keep them forever?
If not, why do we think we own them?
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