_"The problem is that [disengaging] does not work outside of a sheltered monastic community because you need to face your problems constantly in the real world"

_"The problem is that [disengaging] does not work outside of a sheltered monastic community because you need to face your problems constantly in the real world"_ Not so! The problem is that disengaging is much more difficult outside of a sheltered monastic community, not that it is impossible. It becomes a balance engaging and disengaging; you spend as much time as necessary engaging so you can set up your environment to allow as much time for disengaging as possible, and find relationships which will be able to support you in this. Stopping the process of disengaging to deal with something like dealing with a difficult social interaction or rearranging your finances can be very painful and frustrating. But in the end, dealing with these interruptions is a part of the process of awakening.