Attachment, Love & Relationships
Session One - What Attachment Is, and Where It Hides
David Oromith · 72 minutes · recorded July 18, 2026
David separates attachment from genuine love, quoting Venerable Robina Courtin that attachment is I-based and love other-based, and that the two are stirred together like milk and water. He traces it to the feeling of not being enough: in being liked, in being right, and in the roles we hold on to, his own being the tech person on the ward until others arrived who could do it too. In the guided practice we set the two side by side for a loved one and a friend. It closes on the fear of abandonment underneath.
Attachment and craving Buddhist psychology Relationships and family Analytical meditation Loving kindness (metta)