by ATTACHMENT
"The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for until the cord be broken, the bird cannot fly."
-- Saint John of the Cross
-- Saint John of the Cross
"Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else."
-- Thomas Merton
-- Thomas Merton
"The tighter you squeeze, the less you have."
-- Zen Saying
-- Zen Saying
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