... There was a great virtue which families also trained in their children since babyhood. It was the virtue of detachment. Those who were able to learn detachment were considered mature. Attachment to material things was considered a hindrance on the road of perfection. I saw many times people giving to their friends their beloved horse, donkey or toys which they had make. Generosity was the sign of spiritual royalty.
In advanced esoteric groups, detachment was exercised on emotional and mental levels. Students were told that everything they have or will have does not really belong to them but they are custodians and caretakers, so that things are used economically, constructively, and in an goal-fitting way.
-Torkom Saraydarian
Woman, Torch of the Future
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