Let go of attachments to find inner peace from "summary" of The Book of Mirdad by Mikhail Naimy
To him who would reach the heights, this is the first and last and only way: let go of attachments. Cling to nothing, not even to the idea of enlightenment. For attachment is a chain that binds the soul to the wheel of birth and death. It is the root cause of all suffering. It imprisons the spirit and blinds the mind. It darkens the heart and deafens the soul. It is the veil that hides the face of Truth. To be free, one must let go of all that is not essential. One must strip away the layers of illusion that cover the nakedness of the soul. Like a sculptor chiseling away at a block of marble, one must remove all that is extraneous until the true form is revealed. And what is the true form? It is nothingness. It is emptiness. It is the void that contains all things. To find inner peace, one must surrender all that is transient and ephemeral. One must release all that is finite and limited. One must ...
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