{"id":2914,"date":"2013-03-15T10:19:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T15:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womens-spirituality.com\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2013-03-15T10:19:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T15:19:58","slug":"being-able-to-detach-is-the-hallmark-of-a-healthy-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womens-spirituality.com\/?p=2914","title":{"rendered":"Being able to &#8220;detach&#8221; is the hallmark of a healthy person."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Detachment is knowing that the mind can change if what you say to the mind, changes<\/strong>. \u00a0We simply are not able to hold more than one thought in our minds at a time.\u00a0 And what ever thought we harbor has been cultivated by none other than ourselves.\u00a0 That\u2019s both the good and the bad news of our lives.\u00a0 No one has power over how we think.\u00a0 Of course, that also means we can blame no one else for what we think!\u00a0 If we put good thoughts in our minds, we will express good thoughts to others.\u00a0 The converse is just as powerfully true.<\/p>\n<p>Being consumed with the actions of others, which can so easily happen to any of us, is an excellent opportunity to take charge of our thinking.\u00a0 Letting some one else be the center of our mind, thus our life, means we don\u2019t have a moment\u2019s peace.\u00a0 It also means our own life is passing us by.\u00a0 It\u2019s up to us what we say to ourselves.\u00a0 It\u2019s up to us how we relate to every moment.\u00a0 It\u2019s up to us to change our minds so that our lives can be different.\u00a0 It\u2019s a simple equation: what we think is what we experience.\u00a0 If we want some thing different, only we can make that happen.<\/p>\n<p>I had spent years letting others be in charge of my thoughts, thus my life. \u00a0And I didn&#8217;t even know that I was doing it. \u00a0Many of us live like that. \u00a0Some of us never change. \u00a0But being introduced to a new reality, being introduced to the &#8220;miracle&#8221; 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