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NYC, tonight topic that's very, very close to my heart.

I'm going to talk about the intersections of attachment theory, why attachment theory is important, how it can help you understand

yourself, your relationships and the traits that are or the patterns in relationships.

And then we're going to be talking about some Buddhist practices as a way to address attachment disturbances

in adults so that we can form better bonds.

And even if you are doing perfectly well in romantic relationships, thank you very much, these are also beneficial across all of our affiliations.

So it's worth your attention.

So in the Darma, right after birth,

the Buddha taught there's this phase of development called

Nama Rupa and that simply means when our sense of being in a body with a mind comes to be.

And it's at this very early stage that are what in Buddhism

is considered to be our core personality traits are formed.

And if you ever study any of the most basic Buddhist insights,

it said there are these kind of universal basic personality types and I'm going to list them for you and the reason I'm going to list them for you is because then when I talk about attachment I think you're going to find some eerie similarities and be mad at con-ruths.

So the first personality type is in early Buddhist it's called Loba, you don't need to know that. It's people who are trying to attain security in the world and happiness through accumulating, grabbing,

but most of all fixating on specific people.

And so these are people who are said to

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