Conscious Relationship Part 3 – Attachment

 Once at a retreat at IMS (Barrre, MA) a question was brought up regarding the Buddhist concept of “no attachment.”  The questioner asked, “how can I not be attached to my children.”

Yani Postelnik had the most beautiful answer. “You hold your children like a butterfly in your hand.” 

I can’t remember the rest of the discussion.  But, I have sat with this image, and feel the deepest truth within. 

You hold everything like a butterfly in your hand, your children, your partner, your job, everything.  You don’t hold it too tight, you would crush it.  You let it fly away if it needs to do so. 

You hold everything with the love of your heart and the warmth of your hands.