In org-mode, there is no way to end what you are writing at a given heading level without beginning a new heading, but I would often like to go back to a higher level heading. For instance, I will be writing some section of a document, and I want to put an extended aside in the middle of some part of it. What is the best way to do this? I have been using lists, but they are treated differently from headings in various ways. For instance, list items don't have a headline/body distinction.
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You can use Inline Tasks if you absolutely need to have a subsection inserted into the middle of a document.
This question has come up several times (the link contains threads from the mailing list regarding this), as well as in this question among others.
Since Org is an outlining tool there is no way to return to a higher level outline (there is no defined 'end' to a given section short of another headline.
To return to an equivalent levelled headline you could create a headline without a title.
