
08/16/2025
Our theme of the week is Aparigraha, which is one of the Yamas (restraints).⠀
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Aparigraha can be translated as non-attachment. When things don’t go as we thought, wanted, or hoped they would, we are faced with a choice. Do we cling to the outcome we were attached to, or is it possible to pivot to the new reality?
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When we operate from clinging to our attachments, our experience can be painful and full of suffering. When we are able to practice non-attachment, it doesn’t mean we simply let go of our wants and desires, but instead open ourselves to other possibilities.
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Aprarigraha offers the question, if this is how it is, what now?