Clinging

As some of you know, I’m a practicing Buddhist. In the Buddhist vernacular we refer to our adherence and observance of Buddhist principles as our “practice”. This is because it is exactly just that, practice. I’ve written a few posts on mindfulness, emotional awareness and meditation.

I haven’t really spent anytime talking about clinging. Clinging is a central theme of Buddhist logic and practice. Clinging and Aversion are the two states of mind that 98% of our lives are caught up in. Our lives swirl between finding things that we like and running away from things we don’t like. When we don’t get the things we want and can’t get away from the things that we don’t want…there are issues. Read more