Letting go of attachment to the illusion of permanence is mentioned as being one of the most important steps we can take for ourselves in religions and spiritual practice from Asia to the mountains of South America
We know that not even the stars are unchanging, so why is it so easy to slip back into the illusion?
Holding the idea of impermanence in my mind for even a short while creates a shift in my perspective. I feel less frantic and a bit more “What will be will be”
Impermanence = flow
Heartache is rooted in a false idea of permanence. That a situation, person, relationship, building, country, will be forever as it is now