Attachment, Love & Relationships
Session Two - From Need to Care, and the Open Palm
David Oromith · 83 minutes · recorded July 18, 2026
David shifts the basis of a relationship from need to care, then reads Thich Nhat Hanh on loving in such a way that the person you love feels free. Contentment and gratitude come in as the medicine for attachment, and equanimity as the open palm rather than the fist closed around a songbird that has landed in it. David then guides a practice in which we turn towards the fear of things changing with reassurance rather than argument, and wish a loved one free. It closes on the group's own reflections.
Attachment and craving Buddha nature Comparison and self-cherishing Gratitude and appreciation Impermanence Relationships and family The eight worldly concerns Equanimity Loving kindness (metta) The four immeasurables