Detachment is an ideal that means not allowing success or failure at a project or task to control your emotions or sense of self-worth. It does not mean you don't care about the project, just that you can more easily accept failure and move on. Detachment is a major topic of the book The Untethered Soul.
Related concepts from Avatar: The Last Airbender discussed at Sol 2009
- In the episode "The Guru," Aang is asked to open his last chakra by letting go of all worldly attachment, including his love for Katara, but refuses
- Lyric: Letting go allows you to do what you're feeling rather than what you're thinking
- Judy: Versus not caring about anything
- Lyric: Love = awareness of flow?