When an instance of attachment next arises, I practice recognizing it with greater precision and speed. Each time, with practice, I improve. I thus catch the fire early rather than let it violently spread throughout me and beyond me into shared, interpersonal terrain.
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As I practice catching the fire earlier, I'm cultivating a refined awareness of its markers or cues. The refined awareness that arises from this can either 1) dissolve and douse the flames or 2) transmute the associated heat.
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Breath practice has been the most helpful for me in terms of dissolving and dousing the flames of unhealthy attachment. When I feel the fire kindling and notice my heart rate rising, I cultivate an embodied awareness of the breath, slowing and lengthening it. The flames diminish.
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