Hey and welcome back to practicing human the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.

I am your host Corey Muscarra and in today's episode we're going to talk about how to practice non-attachment.

More to come on that in a moment, but first let's settle in together with the sound of the bells. So chances are you've come across the pitfalls of being overly attached to the way things are.

I mean this is a very common early insight in different wisdom traditions including meditation

but a lot of different contemplative practices spiritual traditions one of the

things you're often going to hear people talk about is cultivating

non-attachment and how given that all experience is impermanent, holding on to it being a particular way,

can't offer any permanent refuge and is often the thing that perpetuates a

certain kind of suffering in life and only when we can

cultivate a mind that is not attached can we actually achieve a much deeper quality of

peace.

So a common refrain I often hear from people

is, Corey, I know the value of being less attached,

but how do I practice non-attachment? How do I practice non-attachment?

How do I practice non-attachment?

And my response always is, and it's not always the most popular,

but I don't actually believe we can practice non-attachment.

So let's look at it very logically, and let's start with something basic.

Let's say you want a piece of cake,

really just like want that cake, feeling an attachment to having that cake.

Once I get that cake, then I'm going to be a little bit happier, or

this moment will be better.

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