
Happy theme, yes? It gets better, I promise...
Vairagya is one of the tenets of the yogic life.
Seen from its literal meaning of "dried up passions," it doesn't seem very appealing.
I am practicing non-attachment right NOW because Delta has temporarily misplaced by belongings. An orange suitcase containing clothing, my favorite Ugg boots, two books I was reading, my video camera and external hard-drive, Christmas presents for my family, and some really delicious raw granola I made before I left!
I was thinking about all these THINGS today. My dispassion puzzled me as I thought to myself: they are just things.
I remember my first encounter with a practice of non-attachment was in Fiji. Everything there ran late, or early, or got cancelled, or just wasn't what it was supposed to be at all. I slept in a different location almost every night. Through my whole trip through the Pacific Rim I was very tense and took on a familiar stance of HIGH TENSION around traveling, constantly worrying about what am I was forgetting, how I would get where I needed to be, and where to go...
One day I remember thinking: WHAT IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?
You forget your alarm-clock, you ask someone to wake you up.
You miss your flight, you talk to the airline and get on another one.
You don't know where you are staying tonight, by tonight you will.
This was a new idea for me. And like any new concept, it is like mental gymnastics.
I had to fake it till I made it.
And I made it today!
Though I trust and know that all my things will return back to me, I am deeply appreciative to get the opportunity to practice vairagya.
I am taken care of. Period.
There is never any reason to worry.
Except now I change my perspective to: What is the BEST that could happen?
And the best is always the outcome.
bestest to you and yours,
Porter