' The Pain of Attachment '...

Anything that really frightens you may contain a clue to enlightenment.. It may indicate to you how deeply you are attached to structure,, whether mental,, physical,, or social.. Attachment and resistance are appearances with the same root:. when you resist by pulling away your awareness,, the emotion is one of fear,, and the contraction is experienced as a pull like magnetism or gravity;, that is,, attachment.. That is why we often fear to open our minds to more exalted spiritual beings.. We think fear is a signal to withdraw,, when in fact it is a sign we are already withdrawing too much. ................... Thaddeus Golas