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How to balance non-attachment with responsibility

I'm the family breadwinner and my meditation teacher says attachment to outcomes causes suffering but my kids need me to be attached to keeping my job.

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The tension between spiritual ideals and worldly obligations reveals the complexity of applying contemplative insights to interdependent life.

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