If we have
something, the heart feels weary
Always considering that "I have this."
With both "Me" and "Mine" involved,
There Atta emerges midst the having.
If having something, have it just
conventionally
Without clutching at it as "Mine." Know the way
Of the free, un-perverted non-possessive mind —
This having doesn't give birth to Atta.
Whatever you have, have it without birthing
Atta,
With noble mindfulness protecting the gates,
Perfect in alert awareness and wisdom —
This is called "knowing how to have."
This is the supreme art of having
That doesn't clutch the fires of wandering hells.
Having freely, freely having, most joyfully —
Why don't you get to know this sort of having?
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Atta (self) is the illusory entity or agent of control and
possession that merely appears to be lasting, independent, and real.
