"I found that hope and detachment didn't go together well at all. Retaining any real hope, almost by definition, makes detaching very hard, if not impossible. "
That's not true. It is very possible to separate hope and detachment. You weren't applying the correct mindset.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.