Attachments Allow History to Repeat Itself

Practice
Practice a new routine

Silencing your mind
Is not putting yourself in a cage

Your silence your mind’s wants
You attempt to live a new routine

The problem with this
Is when you try to practice another’s routines

This happens in relations
This causes relationships to fail

Sometimes one is forced to follow another’s routines
Sometimes both try to follow each other’s routines

This is how we are raised
This is what we learn from our parents

How many people remain completely independent
Once they are married

Your lives become so interweaved
That you forget who you are

If you feel forced to follow another’s routines
You will never be happy

You may love the other person
But you will always feel lost and miserable

Fights will occur increasingly
During the length of the relationship

Until the fights are over
Because the relationship is over

There is nothing you can do
Because you feel you can only do what the other is doing

You are not living your life
Because you feel you are in the cage of another’s life

Their life may seem perfect
But it is not your life

They are not your choices
They are not your preferences

To end this type of relationship
You must practice living your life

Every routine ends
You end up with nothing

Nothing
Because you gave every aspect of your life away

You can begin again
Everything should seem welcoming and new

The only pain you feel
Is the emotional pain the mind creates

Ending routines are difficult
Even if they were not welcome in the first place

The mind mourns everything
It labels everything as a loss that is no longer present as a routine

Why
Because the mind behaves like a chaotic robot

It is simply labeling everything
And creating an emotion for everything

You may not be able to stop labeling and categorizing
But you can stop the emotional reactions

You can control this
You must command your thinking to do so

Your life is everything to you
You must create your life

Treat your life as the most sacred gift
Treat all life as the most sacred gift

Even the one you are fighting with
Even the one you need your independence from

Your significant other
Your family member

You must change your routine
You must practice every day

This is what your daily practice is
This is what your daily practice should be

Every morning
Before anything else

You must practice
What your routine should be

Your routine
Should be what treats your life as sacred

Caring for both the body and the mind
Giving both what they need for the new day

Every day may change a little
The body and the mind are a little different each day

It is up to you to help initiate change
Be aware of what is needed each day

Practice
What needs to change

Use all the teachings that you have learned
Study all the teachings that you have not learned yet

Practice
Your life requires your conscious effort

Live every day with conscious effort
Begin with practicing conscious breathing

Sat Nam

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