If we want God’s graces to flow we must detach from the world. We must detach from: anger. We must detach from: lust. We must detach from: over-affection. We must detach from: unforgiveness. We must detach from: disappointment.

We must detach from jealousy. We must detach from fear.

We must detach from anxiety. We must detach from money. We must detach from the material.

We must detach from competition. We must detach from wanting to feel “above” others.

If we want peace we must detach from selfishness, and as great saints like Therese the Little Flower said, we must detach from the wrong kind of self-love.

That means we must put others before us. That means we must love God with all our hearts. When we lack faith, we must detach from this unfaithfulness. We must throw ourselves into God’s embrace. We must trust. It’s remarkable what the effect of this is. The power is awesome, and with it comes peace, healing, and love.

While trials and problems will persist throughout our exile on earth, and while we do scan the “signs of the times” (from elections to natural events), detachment from the physical allows us to transcend it. The world is a whirlpool. Don’t get sucked into a vortex. Don’t join cults of animosity.

All the great mystics knew this. It’s why they isolated themselves. It’s why Christ fasted out on a desert.

Detachment means that we have truly perceived earth as a place that is temporary and that our true destination is God.

[resources: A Life of Blessings]