The Buddha teaches that the root of all suffering is attachment. This is deep & practically useful wisdom that is often interpreted incorrectly in practice. On a surface level, it sort of makes it sound like the Buddha is suggesting that in order to avoid suffering, we should not endeavor to want anything more than what we have, or that we should find ways to content ourselves with a lower quality of life instead of reaching for the best of what life has to offer.
This is a very different interpretation than what the Buddha meant for us to understand. This interpretation comes from looking at the concept from a lower level of consciousness: one of fear and lack. It assumes that the world will not provide for us by delivering a steady stream of miracles to nourish our highest spiritual needs. It goes like this: "I guess we'll just have to make do with what we have," and that is the end of it. From this level of consciousness, there is no expansion into greater love, greater fulfillment, and greater understanding.
What the Buddha actually meant by saying "the root of all suffering is attachment," is that it would behoove us to let go of the attachment part, because that is the exact moment when all of our desires will come toward us. The world will become soft in the sense that we will no longer be inwardly resisting our soul's success sectors: e.g. the reality sectors where our goal is already fulfilled.¹ A strong desire is a vibrational match to the reality sectors where our goal is absent. Therefore, as we let go of our strong desire to have the goal fulfilled, the goal is fulfilled automatically, because our inner image is now in vibrational alignment with the sectors of reality where the goal is fulfillment, and that's exactly where external intention transports us.² If we were to insist on using internal intention—the personal will alone—to achieve the goal it would take a lot longer and be a lot more difficult because our inner image would be a match for reality sectors where we have a lot of things to "overcome" and "fix" and "edit" before the goal arrives. It's a lot more efficient to just line up our inner image and allow external intention—the help of the divine intelligence—to lead us to the path of least resistance.²
Alignment with external intention means we get to experience the pathway to our goal from a much a higher level of consciousness than trying to use force to achieve it. We now have an inner awareness that we are being led by divine intelligence to the sector of reality where our goals are already fulfilled.² If you're still trying to grasp how letting go of attachments allows your desires to be fulfilled automatically, we can break it down further using a handy formula!
With the attachment formula, we can earn some applied wisdom that we can use in our every day lives, and we can also rid ourselves of confusion.
Let's first examine what attachment really is. The attachment formula goes like this:
Desire + artificially elevated importance = an inner state of attachment.
The consequence of an inner state of attachment is that we are vibrationally tuned in to the absence of our goal. If we were tuned into the presence of the goal, the inner state of attachment would have no grip on us, because we would already have the subject of our desire in the palm of our hands. Instead of the importance being elevated, we are then simply in a state of appreciation for what we have.
Artificially elevated importance creates an excess potential, which is the energy basis by which human beings block the fulfillment of their goals.³ Because nature will automatically work to restore balance in any area, creating an excess potential means we work against nature, inviting the manifestation of obstacles.⁴ So why does nature put obstacles on our path when we do this?
On the spiritual/metaphysical plane, all subjects are made up of both everything and nothing at the same time. Since all subjects have equal importance on the energy plane, then from nature's perspective, if we place any one subject up on a pedestal in comparison to all the others, we have artificially elevated its importance.³ This is why if we idolize or worship another individual who we wish was our romantic partner, this will only serve to push the person further away.⁴ We can cherish and love a romantic partner without any issues, but if we make an idol of them in comparison to other sentient beings, it will result in pitting the balancing forces against us.⁴
This can happen with any subject, as the balancing forces have various ways to work through polarization and restore the balance. ⁴If we worship our job to the point that we become a workaholic, the balancing forces will see to it that we get sick (so that we begin to prioritize our health again), or our perhaps our partner leaves us due to the workaholism (so that we begin to prioritize our relationships again), until there is no artificially inflated importance concerning the job.⁴
Desiring something or cherishing someone will not create an excess potential by itself. It only becomes a block to the goal when the importance is artificially high. At this point, the effects of the balancing forces will knock the dream or person out of your reach, delay its arrival, or throw obstacles in the way.⁴ This is what Buddha warned would cause suffering—the excess energy potential that makes up attachment—not simply the fact that desires arise when we want something new.
There is no dream that's too much for the divine intelligence to fulfill. It only seems that way because humans are constantly raising the level of importance of the goals that are nearest and dearest to their heart, unknowingly triggering obstacles to manifest out of a resulting energy imbalance. Because most people are unaware of how the balancing forces work, and since much of their inner resistance is out of their awareness, they do not bother to watch out for the accidental creation of excess potentials and eliminate the root of their problems. Thus, they have no strategy to keep obstacles out of their life path on the way to their goals.
This is a very different interpretation than what the Buddha meant for us to understand. This interpretation comes from looking at the concept from a lower level of consciousness: one of fear and lack. It assumes that the world will not provide for us by delivering a steady stream of miracles to nourish our highest spiritual needs. It goes like this: "I guess we'll just have to make do with what we have," and that is the end of it. From this level of consciousness, there is no expansion into greater love, greater fulfillment, and greater understanding.
What the Buddha actually meant by saying "the root of all suffering is attachment," is that it would behoove us to let go of the attachment part, because that is the exact moment when all of our desires will come toward us. The world will become soft in the sense that we will no longer be inwardly resisting our soul's success sectors: e.g. the reality sectors where our goal is already fulfilled.¹ A strong desire is a vibrational match to the reality sectors where our goal is absent. Therefore, as we let go of our strong desire to have the goal fulfilled, the goal is fulfilled automatically, because our inner image is now in vibrational alignment with the sectors of reality where the goal is fulfillment, and that's exactly where external intention transports us.² If we were to insist on using internal intention—the personal will alone—to achieve the goal it would take a lot longer and be a lot more difficult because our inner image would be a match for reality sectors where we have a lot of things to "overcome" and "fix" and "edit" before the goal arrives. It's a lot more efficient to just line up our inner image and allow external intention—the help of the divine intelligence—to lead us to the path of least resistance.²
Alignment with external intention means we get to experience the pathway to our goal from a much a higher level of consciousness than trying to use force to achieve it. We now have an inner awareness that we are being led by divine intelligence to the sector of reality where our goals are already fulfilled.² If you're still trying to grasp how letting go of attachments allows your desires to be fulfilled automatically, we can break it down further using a handy formula!
With the attachment formula, we can earn some applied wisdom that we can use in our every day lives, and we can also rid ourselves of confusion.
Let's first examine what attachment really is. The attachment formula goes like this:
Desire + artificially elevated importance = an inner state of attachment.
The consequence of an inner state of attachment is that we are vibrationally tuned in to the absence of our goal. If we were tuned into the presence of the goal, the inner state of attachment would have no grip on us, because we would already have the subject of our desire in the palm of our hands. Instead of the importance being elevated, we are then simply in a state of appreciation for what we have.
Artificially elevated importance creates an excess potential, which is the energy basis by which human beings block the fulfillment of their goals.³ Because nature will automatically work to restore balance in any area, creating an excess potential means we work against nature, inviting the manifestation of obstacles.⁴ So why does nature put obstacles on our path when we do this?
On the spiritual/metaphysical plane, all subjects are made up of both everything and nothing at the same time. Since all subjects have equal importance on the energy plane, then from nature's perspective, if we place any one subject up on a pedestal in comparison to all the others, we have artificially elevated its importance.³ This is why if we idolize or worship another individual who we wish was our romantic partner, this will only serve to push the person further away.⁴ We can cherish and love a romantic partner without any issues, but if we make an idol of them in comparison to other sentient beings, it will result in pitting the balancing forces against us.⁴
This can happen with any subject, as the balancing forces have various ways to work through polarization and restore the balance. ⁴If we worship our job to the point that we become a workaholic, the balancing forces will see to it that we get sick (so that we begin to prioritize our health again), or our perhaps our partner leaves us due to the workaholism (so that we begin to prioritize our relationships again), until there is no artificially inflated importance concerning the job.⁴
Desiring something or cherishing someone will not create an excess potential by itself. It only becomes a block to the goal when the importance is artificially high. At this point, the effects of the balancing forces will knock the dream or person out of your reach, delay its arrival, or throw obstacles in the way.⁴ This is what Buddha warned would cause suffering—the excess energy potential that makes up attachment—not simply the fact that desires arise when we want something new.
There is no dream that's too much for the divine intelligence to fulfill. It only seems that way because humans are constantly raising the level of importance of the goals that are nearest and dearest to their heart, unknowingly triggering obstacles to manifest out of a resulting energy imbalance. Because most people are unaware of how the balancing forces work, and since much of their inner resistance is out of their awareness, they do not bother to watch out for the accidental creation of excess potentials and eliminate the root of their problems. Thus, they have no strategy to keep obstacles out of their life path on the way to their goals.
This is why I created the Cosmic Flow Code: a system to identify and dissolve hidden resistance in the natal chart that was blocking the fulfillment of the soul's true goals. It allows you to see where importance is too high, where guilt or perfectionism is getting in the way of your soul's fulfillment, and where the false comparisons of inferiority and superiority are creating obstacles on the way to your goal and keeping you stuck, sometimes for years!
There are some situations where it's extremely difficult to keep importance at lower levels, such as subjects that have to do with our livelihood or the safety of our loved ones. For those topics, it's crucial to have a backup plan in place in order to get the balancing forces to leave you in peace. The back up plan is a method of allowing the mind to let go of its attachment to one way of doing something by letting it know that if something goes wrong, everyone will still be ok. In this way, the mind is willing to allow for a different pathway to the goal than it originally envisioned without thinking we are deviating from the only success pathway.
If you get a copy of the Cosmic Flow Code and practice, you'll learn how to use your natal chart like a treasure map to spot that invisible resistance that you're currently unaware of which is setting the balancing forces against you. If you practice dissolving the excess potentials each time they come up, you'll be able to remain in vibrational alignment with whatever reality sectors are most deeply fulfilling to your unique soul.
Enjoy the process!
Love,
Phoenix
Love,
Phoenix
References
1. Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps 1-V. E-book ed. Ves Publishing Group; 2014; 200-201
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Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps 1-V. E-book ed. Ves Publishing Group; 2014; 145-168
3. Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps 1-V. E-book ed. Ves Publishing Group; 2014; 55-57
4. Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps 1-V. E-book ed. Ves Publishing Group; 2014; 54-56
