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Thank you for this. I have started a meditation class and this very conundrum crept into my consciousness last night. What is the difference between detachment and apathy? Your explanation gives me much to think about.
Detachment: Striving for a goal without your happiness depending on the outcome.
Excellent.
Allison,
You are very welcome. I am glad that this helped in your contemplation. Please stop by again to post your insights to augment this article.
Thanks,
Desika
I have now read this article a few times and I also had to consult my dictionary for getting the best definitions for detachment, indifference etc. in my native tongue which is German.
It turns out it is not the definiton per se which makes me contemplate a lot about the concept of detachment. So I am giving my thoughts here and perhaps somone wants to comment. In my understanding, I start something or I pursue a goal, because i want something, ergo an outcome. This is also in line with the visualization and affirmation concepts outlined on this site and in the general public.
Let’s say you want a better paid job. You start contemplating what it is you really want, then you outline it, and finally you kind of plan what you need to do to get the desired result, which is a better paid job. You start your affirmations and visualizations and your other actions (e.g. writing applications, speak to your boss and friends etc.) to fulfill the steps in your plan. I understand and totally agree with the concept of living and feeling in the presence. Thus, you would not concentrate on the outcome, just on doing the action/task in front of you 8I think being in flow is the equivalent).
BUT I thought that concentrating on the desired outcome would increase the vibrational frequency which in turn attracts the outcome or should I say the energetical frequency of the outcome.
And here i am confused: I am not sopposed to concentrate on the outcome, but rather getting neutral about it. At the same time i should visualize and affirm the outcome, which apparently increases vibrational frequency.
if I am detached of the outcome, so I am neutral about it, why would i then want it in the first place?
Perhaps I am still to rational and head-centred. So I am currious to getting your thoughts so I can grow just a little bit more.
Many thanks and the warmest greetings from Germany,
Michael
Thank you for this. I have started a meditation class and this very conundrum crept into my consciousness last night. What is the difference between detachment and apathy? Your explanation gives me much to think about.
Detachment: Striving for a goal without your happiness depending on the outcome.
Excellent.
Allison,
You are very welcome. I am glad that this helped in your contemplation. Please stop by again to post your insights to augment this article.
Thanks,
Desika
I have now read this article a few times and I also had to consult my dictionary for getting the best definitions for detachment, indifference etc. in my native tongue which is German.
It turns out it is not the definiton per se which makes me contemplate a lot about the concept of detachment. So I am giving my thoughts here and perhaps somone wants to comment. In my understanding, I start something or I pursue a goal, because i want something, ergo an outcome. This is also in line with the visualization and affirmation concepts outlined on this site and in the general public.
Let’s say you want a better paid job. You start contemplating what it is you really want, then you outline it, and finally you kind of plan what you need to do to get the desired result, which is a better paid job. You start your affirmations and visualizations and your other actions (e.g. writing applications, speak to your boss and friends etc.) to fulfill the steps in your plan. I understand and totally agree with the concept of living and feeling in the presence. Thus, you would not concentrate on the outcome, just on doing the action/task in front of you 8I think being in flow is the equivalent).
BUT I thought that concentrating on the desired outcome would increase the vibrational frequency which in turn attracts the outcome or should I say the energetical frequency of the outcome.
And here i am confused: I am not sopposed to concentrate on the outcome, but rather getting neutral about it. At the same time i should visualize and affirm the outcome, which apparently increases vibrational frequency.
if I am detached of the outcome, so I am neutral about it, why would i then want it in the first place?
Perhaps I am still to rational and head-centred. So I am currious to getting your thoughts so I can grow just a little bit more.
Many thanks and the warmest greetings from Germany,
Michael