What did St. John of the Cross mean by detachment from people?
The short answer
He wanted us to love God more than anyone else — not instead of anyone else. We must detach ourselves from loving the creature more than the Creator.
More than, not instead of
St. John of the Cross was concerned that we love God more than anyone else, not that we love God instead of anyone else.
What to detach from
We need to detach ourselves from loving creatures more than the Creator.
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