Non-attachment

I've been thinking a lot lately about the theory of non-attachment. The idea is to release your hold on things that you think you need or that you think define you and examine what remains. 

Working toward non- attachment can apply to a lot of things. Some of them include: 

A particular outcome

A story that spins around - and around - and around in your head, making you think that's who you are

An identity (the smart one, the shy one, the good girl, the wild one, the career woman, the misfit, insert others here)

Material possessions 

An ailment (maybe you, or maybe someone you know, has a strong attachment to identifying themselves with an illness or physical problem. They bring it up all the time and cling to it as if that's what makes them special instead of knowing the deep dark secret that they're already special whether or not they celebrate whatever they think is wrong with them)

A job

An escape

Thoughts 

Relationships (this doesn't mean you should let go of your relationships. It means detach from the idea that your relationship to a particular person defines you) 

Self-pity

Nutella 

Once you detach, what remains?

Maybe therein lies the answer to a great cosmic mystery. The higher self? Pure love? Divine light? 

A thought: what you think you need is what holds you back.

I am not:

My job

My bank account

My degrees

My divorce 

My passport stamps

My hair/body/image

My stories of woe

My stories of triumph

My scars

I am:

A child of God

Love

Soul 

A divine blessing

The universe experiencing itself

Made of stars *

*look it up. It's amazing.