Acharya Prashant (AP): Nothing comes on its own to cling to anybody. We go to things. We go to things, thoughts, places, people, and then clutch them – that's attachment. So, why do we want to cling to various objects?
Questioner (Q): We feel secure.
AP: It's cold..it's nice; this is nice only when this is cold, and then I will keep cupping it. Gripping it. This is what is..
Q: Attachment !
AP: Attachment. But two things happen here: One, there is somebody for whom it is really important to feel warm. And obviously, that somebody is going to hold and grip. That somebody is the body. Are your interests really the same as the interests of the body? Even when you do stuff that the body demands, is it really the best investment of your time? It is a necessary burden, right? Okay, I ask you, if you could really do without having to spend time on eating, wouldn't you take that?
You would never experience hunger, and you would never experience the urge to have taste–if this is guaranteed–would you still want to invest your time cooking, spending on meals, investing time in eating? Eating is the body's demand that you have to fulfill, because otherwise it will collapse; it is something necessary, but it is not fundamental to your joy. Or, is it? There are so many things related to the body that we bear, and we cater to. If it was somehow possible to do away with those things, wouldn't we take the option?
