Detachment and attachment go together. How? Well, you might feel an attachment to someone(s) and you want your shortcomings to not get in the way of the relationship. So you detach for mediation, so that you can attach in a healthy and life-sustaining way with the other(s). Mediation is a great way to keep your faults in check. You will not be ambushed by them during the day, but rather see them coming and not let them rule the moment. E.G. you feel resentment welling up but you don't act on it. You act more constructively, more in the attachment mode, and resentment is allowed to pass. Adolescents, teens and college students tend not to meditate, but they do tend to form attachments to persons, places and things. Lots of broken hearts and disappointments that might have been avoided. Some of the scar tissue of growing up comes from attachment without detachment. Would my first girlfriend have broken my heart if I had been a meditator? Life's conundrums.
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