To defend, to preserve our mind, ourselves, we must learn to read. To stimulate our own imaginations, to cultivate our own consciousness and our own belief systems.
The art of detachment is to know you don’t own anything or anybody but yourself. The art of detachment is to fully enjoy the happiness but always ready to lose it.
If you don't practice some level of detachment, then you can't always maintain your vigor and vitality.
Attachment to the material is detachment from the spiritual.