Gate I · Things · Day 4 of 35
The obligated object
The teaching
Some things are held not by desire but by duty — a gift you don't like, an heirloom you never chose. Obligation is a grip too, and often a tighter one.
Today’s practice
Identify one object you keep only because someone would be hurt if you didn't. Decide today whether the relationship actually requires the object. Then act.
Sit with this
Who are you keeping it for, and have you ever asked them?