How can I be detached when my life is basically a list of responsibilities?
Tl;Dr – What does detachment look like on a day to day basis for you guys? How do you reconcile necessary responsibility with detachment? I don't know consider myself 100% Buddhist, but I enjoy and follow a lot of Buddhist teachings. The logistics of detachment has got me stumped, though. I feel like those I hear about being enlightened don't have children, or have to make money, or have a busy schedule per se. Having recently had a baby, this has been on my mind. I don't know if I could feel detached at all from her without losing something. The same goes for really all of my relationships, but especially family. I also have to worry about things like money, otherwise my family and I would have a decreased quality of life. (I don't want to be rich, I mean like, food and basic necessities).
I feel like I might be not understanding the concept itself, or what that looks and feels like for people. I understand love and detachment aren't opposites, but not how that actually works out. I apologise if this seems silly, I'm really hoping someone can give me some insight with this.
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