{"quotes":[{"text":"Abhorrence towards bitter circumstances and attachment towards sweet ones is the nature of agnan (ignorance of the self). Bitter and sweet will not exist if agnan (ignorance of the self) leaves.","author":"Dada Bhagwan","tags":["abhorrence","atma","attachment","bitter-circumstance","circumstance","ignorance","self","soul","spiritual","spiritual"],"id":5736,"author_id":"Dada+Bhagwan"},{"text":"A person's attachment status is a fundamental determinant of their relationships, and this is reflected in the way they feel about themselves and others. Neurotic patterns can be seen as originating here because, where core attachments are problematic, they will have a powerful influence on the way someone sees the world and their behaviour. Where there is a secure core state, a person feels good about themselves and their capacity to be effective and pursue their projects. Where the core state is insecure, defensive strategies come into play.","author":"Jeremy Holmes","tags":["attachment","psychology","relationships"],"id":9480,"author_id":"Jeremy+Holmes"},{"text":"She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well−informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.","author":"Jane Austen","tags":["attachment","clichés","concealment","empowerment","feminism","ignorance","intelligence","irony","knowledge","preconceptions","prejudice","sarcasm","stereotypes","vanity","women"],"id":9722,"author_id":"Jane+Austen"},{"text":"I smiled and looked at her- there she was with such a genuine grin and twinkle in her eyes. I kissed my mother on her forehead and took a long look in to her hazel eyes. I wondered when I would have the next chance to see her as I whispered, 'I love you.' Mother didn't respond. She didn't look well- she had a tint of green and yellow to her skin and her thinning hair was a dull salt and pepper color, cut extra short and clinging to her scalp. She had no makeup on, which told me she just had no more energy. I began to walk out of her room and turned to look at her. I wanted to run up to her, shake her, and beg her to tell me she loved me and was proud of me. But when I looked at her, she was already sleeping.","author":"Jori Nunes","tags":["abusive-parents","attachment","emotional-neglect","emotional-wounds","insecure-attachment","love","mother","mothers-and-daughters","unreciprocated-love"],"id":11657,"author_id":"Jori+Nunes"},{"text":"Nostalgia has a way of blocking the reality of the past.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["annoying-habits","attachment","bad-relationships","betrayal","bickering","boredom","boyfriend","cheating","competition","day-dreams","death","denial","desires","disappointments","divorce","drama","drama-seeking","dreams","ego","failures","false-memories","family","fantasy","fights","flirtation","funerals","girlfriend","how-it-was","incompatability","insecurity","jealousy","lies","marriage","marriage-difficulties","memories","memory-loss","nostalgia","obsession","personality","pictures","pride","real-life","sentimental","silence","stimulus-seeking","the-past","treachery","vacations"],"id":11803,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Once you understand the innate nature (relative self, prakruti) of the other person, you can remain in an attachment-free state with that person. It is Knowledge (Gnan) to understand the innate nature of a person, and once Knowledge arises, so will conduct.","author":"Dada Bhagwan","tags":["attachment","doership","ego","gnan","ignorance","innate-nature","knowledge-of-self","knowledge-of-the-self","prakruti","self","soul","spiritual","spiritual"],"id":14556,"author_id":"Dada+Bhagwan"},{"text":"Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. ","author":"Simone Weil","tags":["reality","someone","attachment "],"id":23027,"author_id":"Simone+Weil"},{"text":"Attachment to the external always suffocates inner peace.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["attachment","external","inner-peace","suffocation"],"id":27973,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"To say ‘I’ where I’ is not - is the greatest illusory attachment (raag).","author":"Dada Bhagwan","tags":["attachment","illusion","spiritual","spiritual"],"id":35602,"author_id":"Dada+Bhagwan"},{"text":"My trouble is that I think there is a track that things should stay on. I'm hooked to a belief that life should go a certain way. I develop an attachment to Plan A and set up my expectations accordingly. An important part of spiritual practice is to learn to let go, to recognize that Plan A exists only in my head.","author":"Denise Roy","tags":["attachment","letting-go","mindfulness","planning","reality"],"id":38580,"author_id":"Denise+Roy"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":177,"pages":18,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}