Just Let Go

What prevents you from becoming detached? - Your attachment to the world, materialistic pursuits, your family, your pre-occupation with name and fame. Until you overcome this attachment, you cannot attain peace.

Arunagirinatha was a libertine. At one point of time, people avoided him because he was afflicted with a contagious disease. His sister went to the extent of offering her body to appease him and that marked the turning point in his life. He transformed himself, realizing that desires hampered his happiness, and then became a saint. He devoted his life to singing the glories of Lord Muruga (‘Kandar Anubhuthi’ verses).

Pattinathar coveted wealth. Lord Siva presented Himself as Pattinathar’s son and wrote to him, ‘That needle without an eye and a man of wealth, both come to naught’. Pattinathar embraced sanyas, thanks to his son.

Only when people fail in their repeated attempts to satiate their desires, do they realize that all these are transient, and then develop detachment.

Nothing is constant. Change is the only thing permanent in life.