non-possessiveness
Freedom from clinging
Non-possessiveness is the quality of not feeling or expressing ownership over people or things, particularly in relationships.
Someone practicing non-possessiveness doesn't try to control their partner or become jealous when attention goes elsewhere.
The concept appears frequently in discussions of polyamory and open relationships, as well as in Buddhist teachings about attachment.
Her non-possessiveness made their unconventional arrangement work.
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- liberationRelease from constraint
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
mindfulness · impermanence · non-attachment · contentment · acceptance · Buddhist · Jain · nirvana
Aesthetic of reduction
- simplicityLack of complexity
- declutteringEliminating unnecessary possessions
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- sharingDividing among others
frugality · donation · sustainability · borrowing · communal · sufficiency · contentment · anti-consumerism
Confidence in another
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- polyamoryConsensual multiple romantic relationships
- securityProtection from threat
autonomy · independence · boundaries · communication · partnership · respect · space · intimacy
To let go
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
groundedness · self-awareness · resilience · flexibility · adaptability · openness · trust · security
detachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- liberationRelease from constraint
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
renunciation · mindfulness · impermanence · non-attachment · contentment · acceptance · Buddhist · Jain · nirvana · enlightenment
minimalism
Aesthetic of reduction
- simplicityLack of complexity
- declutteringEliminating unnecessary possessions
- generosityReadiness to give freely
sharing · frugality · donation · sustainability · borrowing · communal · sufficiency · contentment · anti-consumerism · lending
trust
Confidence in another
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- polyamoryConsensual multiple romantic relationships
security · autonomy · independence · boundaries · communication · partnership · respect · space · intimacy · supportiveness
release
To let go
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
peace · groundedness · self-awareness · resilience · flexibility · adaptability · openness · trust · security · wholeness
- Yamasahimsa, satya, non-violence, nonviolence, non-harming
- Jain Asceticismmoksha, tapas, ahimsa, nudity, white robes
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Excessive attachment to ownership
greed · hoarding · avarice · acquisitiveness · covetousness
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Excessive attachment to ownership
jealousy · clinginess · domination · smothering · exclusivity
non-possessivenessattachment
Connection or fondness
grasping · clinging · craving · desire · worldliness
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