It's often heard many times that there should not be any attachment. One should be detached. What does this detachment mean? Is it a lack of involvement? Or is it to move away from people? Most of the time in name of detachment people become damn serious, less affectionate, ignoring the people around them and losing compassion and kindness for other people. This is not detachment at all. A person having no attachment fulfills all his responsibility. On the other hand a person having attachment can also fulfill his responsibility. Then what's the thing that separates a person with attachment from a person without attachment?
A person with attachment fulfills his responsibility and in return expects something in return. His quality of action depends on reactions of other people.
A person without attachment performs his responsibility in more beautiful manner with more involvement and interest. Quality of his actions is high because it doesn't depend on the reaction of other people. He is free from expectations.
So detachment does not mean lack of involvement. It doesn't mean lack of kindness. It doesn't mean lack of goodwill and compassion. It means to have that level of involvement, kindness, goodwill and compassion and these qualities does not depend on the actions of other people.
Image Attribution: bird made with scissors by Priya Kuriyan, for Art Is Everywhere - Here, There and in Everyday Objects written by Aparna Kapur, Bijal Vachharajani, published by Pratham Books (©Pratham Books, 2020) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
