some words on detachment

it's not what you think it is

detachment.

it sounds like a heavy word. with it comes connotations of ultimate renunciation, a ceasing of all possessing. does that- not having- scare you? does the thought of foregoing all worldly connections make you reject the very idea? maybe you’ve got it all wrong.

when someone says the word “detachment”, we immediately tend to think of selling all of our personal belongings and living out the rest of our days as a wandering vagabond. simply thinking of giving it all up generates anxiety within ourselves- after all, how can we not have our favorite shoes, or our favorite book, or the people we love most in our lives?

but that’s where the real meaning is.