Number one , the principle of smart energy investment . Number two , the principle of non attachment . Number three , the principle of positive focus .
That's what gave me the image of , of putting myself up on a pedestal . The second principle is the principle of non attachment . I'd like to hear what you mean by that .
Yeah . So sometimes when I would read books written by happy people or books written about happiness , I would hear a principle of non attachment and often it would sound like giving up your goals , desires and dreams . It does not mean that not in the least .
And I don't know that you can't always have it unless you're really , really being present and saying , wait a minute , I'm off , come back to presence , I'm off , come back to presence , practice the principles . But yes , I think we have that power in us to leave whatever circumstances and follow the principle of non attachment . Much easier said than done .
It simply means giving up the struggle and the stress and the strain and the strife around your goals and desires . In other words , it means letting go or detaching from or not being attached to this idea that your happiness depends on your goals , desires or dreams coming true or being realized or being fulfilled . So in other words , instead of attaching your happiness to what does or doesn't happen , you want to attach your happiness to simply you just let it be and rest and depend and be contingent on only what you think and do because that's the truth .
