Attachment and Aversion

   Attachment is a binding attitude, a tendency to be devoted to an object or person, situation or idea, or to be tied or fixed to such an object of desire, or “what I want”.   Aversion is a state of mind that seeks to avoid some type of specific situation that could be considered harmful or undesirable, or “what I don’t want”.   Both attachment and aversion are hindrances to clear discernment and accurate observation and insure that there will be a continued wandering about in some condition of a conflicted life.   Attachment and aversion are understood when the primal delusion of the ego-notion is understood.   Attachment and aversion are companion terms with preference and prejudice, all indicators of pervasive dichotomous (dualistic) discernment based in a separative view, but healed by the lucidity of a holistic understanding.