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Question: Whats your understanding of the philosophy of non-attachment in buddhism, gurdiefs principle of "identificati"!?
!.!.!.and the taoist sections below!.!.!.

(They all seem to describing the same thing!?!?)

TAO - Chapter 2
"All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing
this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill
of the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the
want of skill is!.

So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to
(the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the
idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the
figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from
the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and
tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and
that being before and behind give the idea of one following another!.

Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and
conveys his instructions without the use of speech!.

All things spring up, and there is not one which declines to show
itself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership;
they go through their processes, and there is no expectation (of a
reward for the results)!. The work is accomplished, and there is no
resting in it (as an achievement)!.

The work is done, but how no one can see;
'Tis this that makes the power not cease to be!."Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Identification is our normal state and can only be overcome when we try to remember ourselves!. Very difficult to do, since everything in life is designed to keep you asleep!. Non-attachment is a way of looking at the world by stopping thoughts!. And as Piotr said, he hadn't found a better definition!.

In the tale of Perseus slaying the gorgon Medusa, he uses a mirror to see her!. Self remembering is the Mirror of Perseus!. Without it, when you see the Medusa, you are "turned to stone"!.!.!.that is, IDENTIFIED!. In a state of being identified!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Non-attachment and non-identification I believe to be much the same concepts, only the methods of attaining such is very different!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

some of them are saying the same thing!. Many people are saying the same thing!. Some aren't!. Bruce lee began to teach the same thing as krishnamurtiWww@QuestionHome@Com

I think they are basically different in most pertinent aspects!.Www@QuestionHome@Com