ONLINE: Wed, Apr 1 "What are you attached to?"

What are you attached to?

Consider:
How does interpreting your thoughts and feelings relate to things, events, and others?

My thoughts and feelings are, possibly, mostly about ME.
A common conundrum:
Attachments are not about things outside, they are proxies for "me" in tangible form.
No wonder I claim the car as "mine." It is functionally "me," as my identity.
How do I cope with this human attachment mechanism that is always at work?
Buddha said:
"The root of suffering is attachment."
Buddha related descriptions of the word attachment:
A mental fastening onto people, things, views, or states as “me” or “mine,” unwilling to release them (this clinging can give a sense of security and sweetness).
Merriam-Webster's definitions:
Attachment -- the state of being personally attached; fidelity; attachment to a cause; the physical connection by which one thing is attached to another; psychology - a strong emotional bond that an infant forms with a caregiver (such as a mother);
Attached -- connected or joined to something; emotionally connected; having strong feelings of affection or connection.
A serious question:
Can you understand yourself in the context of your attachments?
(What, in your experience, isn't related to an attachment?

Dave Weimer will coordinate this evening's exploration.