Where to channelize our attachment for living a fruitful life ?

Every learned man knows very well that attachment for the material is the greatest entanglement of the spirit soul.  But that same attachment, whenapplied to the self-realized devotees, opens the door of liberation.

Here it is clearly stated that attachment for one thing is the cause of bondage in conditioned life, and the same attachment, when applied to something else, opens the door of liberation.  Attachment cannot be killed ; it has simply to be transferred.  Attachment for material things is called material consciousness, and attachment for Krishna or His devotee is called Krishna consciousness.  Consciousness, therefore, is the platform of attachment.  It is clearly stated here that when we simply purify the consciousness from material consciousness to Krishna consciousness, we attain liberation.  Despite the statement that one should give up attachment, desirelessness  is not possible for a living entity. A living entity, by constitution, has the propensity to be attached to something.  We see that if someone has no object of attachment, if he has no children, then he transfers his attachment to cats and dogs. This indicates that the propensity for attachment cannot be stopped ; it must be utilized for the best purpose.  Our attachment for material things perpetuates our conditional  state, but the same attachment, when transferred to the Supreme personality of Godhead or His devotee, is the source ofliberation. Here it is recommended that attachment should be transferred to the self-realized devotees, the Sadhus….

 

Srimad Bhagavatam, 3.25.20.