How to acheive detachment

February 29, 1984

Now, I would say, to understand the detachment of Spirit, we should study ourselves very well, clearly: “How are we attached?”.
We are attached, firstly, by our brain, mostly by our brain because all our conditionings are in our brain, and all our ego is also in our brain. So all emotional attachments are through our brain, and all our egoistical attachments, also, are through our brain. That’s why it is said that after Realisation one must try to practice the Shiva Tattwa by practicing detachment.
Now, how do you practice this detachment?
Because we get attached to something, of course, through our brain, but through our attention. So we try to do what we call Chitta Nirodh, is to control your attention: where is it going?
In the practice of Sahaja Yoga, if you have to rise higher, you have to improve your own instrument, and not the instrument of others. This is one thing one should know, for definite.
Now you just watch your attention, where is it going. Watch yourself. As soon as you’ll start watching yourself, your attention, you’ll become more identified with your Spirit.
Because if you have to watch your attention, you have to be your Spirit, otherwise how will you watch it?