World View Perspective: What are we in relationship with in our minds
When we hold on too tight to the past in our minds, we are effectively still in relationship with it. If we had a job, for example, that took up our entire life and, despite the fact the job has ended, if we still continue with the habits, routines and behaviors we did when we had that job, we are effectively still playing it out in our mind. We still have a mental attachment to our past work self, too. We are still in relationship to that self that had that job. If we used to have a relationship with someone special and they are still on our minds often, we are still in relationship with them too. Perhaps we still nurture a strong memory of a place or any old identification of our self that lived there, then we are still in relationship with it. If these attachments aren't allowed to be reviewed and discarded by the very mind that is holding onto them, we cannot free up space enough to welcome in any new opportunities, relationships or places. Grati...