False Attachments

Are you aware that whenever you lose your true self-awareness
(soul-consciousness), you will identify with and get attached to something
that is not you?   It could be another person, your work, or some material
possession.   Let's say you are attached to your job and one day, due to
rising costs, your company decides to downsize and starts laying off
thousands of its employees - all of a sudden you are asked to leave.  The
attachment to and identification with your position in the company, which
has become a habit (“sanskara”), causes the creation of *fearful and angry
thoughts* (e.g., "I'm going to lose my job" (fear related to the future) or
"How dare they downsize the company and damage my position (anger towards
the company and its leadership)).  *The destructive energy of these thoughts
* *becomes emotion (energy in motion) which then invades your entire mind so
you cannot have clear and calm thoughts *(the prime requirement of that
moment).   *It hijacks your intellect so you cannot make correct, wise
decisions and choices *(also the prime requirement of that moment) for the
future.  Any connection you had with your inner peace is broken.   All this
happens because you forgot who you really are and had begun to think you are
what you do.   When seen from the point of view of this example it sounds
ridiculous that we should identify with what we do or what we have, but this
is currently how the world and its people work.  So, never forget who you
truly are!