{"id":5876295,"date":"2011-08-20T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/?p=5876295"},"modified":"2021-03-23T16:39:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T23:39:28","slug":"how-to-release-fears-and-attachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/mind-body-spirit\/how-to-release-fears-and-attachment.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Release Fears and Attachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Train Yourself to Let Go of Everything You Fear to Lose<\/h4>\n<p>To learn about how fear and attachment lead to suffering and how clearing your mind leads to peace, you could study the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/you-are-the-buddha.html\/\">ancient teachings of Buddha<\/a><\/strong>\u2014or you could watch the modern <em>Star Wars<\/em> movies, paying particular attention to Yoda\u2019s advice to Anakin and Luke Skywalker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meditation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The elflike Yoda is a hermit Jedi Master whose simple handcrafted home is made from all-natural materials. He communes with nature and tunes into the Force, a powerful energy source, through meditation. Yoda teaches Luke Skywalker how to focus his concentration on the Force and to commit to his efforts. When Luke says he will try his best, Yoda commands, &#8220;No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.&#8221; And when Luke is confused about how to distinguish good from evil, Yoda assures him, &#8220;You will know, when you are calm, at peace.\u201d <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/never-doubt-dave.html\/\">Doubt is Luke\u2019s main obstacle to overcome<\/a><\/strong> on the road to Jedi mastery. After he finally understands Yoda\u2019s advice to \u201cunlearn what you have learned,\u201d Luke is able to change his way of thinking and become successful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fear<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Luke\u2019s father, Anakin, on the other hand, is confident in his abilities but faces the challenge of overcoming fear. Anakin\u2019s slave mother successfully taught him as a child to believe in himself and develop his talents, but the strength of the Force within him is hindered by his fear of losing her. When Yoda meets Anakin, he immediately senses the boy\u2019s fear and does not approve of training him. Yoda warns: &#8220;Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.&#8221; Despite Yoda\u2019s disapproval, Anakin is accepted into the Jedi training program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attachment and Anger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Anakin is a teenager, Yoda advises: &#8220;Careful you must be when sensing the future, Anakin. The fear of loss is a path to the Dark Side\u2026 Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.&#8221; But to Anakin this advice seems absurd. Not only does he remain attached to his fear of losing his mother, but his fear grows to be the driving force in Anakin\u2019s life. Yoda\u2019s compassion enables him to sense when Anakin\u2019s worst fear becomes reality when his mother dies. &#8220;Pain. Suffering. Death, I feel. Something terrible has happened. Young Skywalker is in pain. Terrible pain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Death<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both Buddha and Yoda teach that death is a natural part of life and should not be feared, but Anakin\u2019s refusal to accept this mother\u2019s murderous death pushes him to extreme anger and hate, as Yoda had predicted, and lands him instead on the Dark Side, where the Sith lords gladly feed his hunger for power and revenge and christen him Darth Vader.<\/p>\n<p>The rest is movie history. Despite being classified as science fiction, the <em>Star Wars<\/em> series endures as the real-life story of humanity as we <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/six-tips-for-anger-management.html\/\">continue to struggle with fear, anger, or doubt<\/a><\/strong> and turn to wise teachers for guidance\u2014even the elflike ones, because, after all, in the words of Yoda: &#8220;Size matters not\u2026 Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. 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