Once you see and accept the transience of all things and the inevitability of change, you can enjoy the pleasures of the world while they last without fear of loss or anxiety about the future.
When you are detached, you gain a higher vantage point from which to view the events in your life instead of being trapped inside them. You become like an astronaut who sees the planet Earth surrounded by the vastness of space and realizes the paradoxical truth: The Earth is precious and at the same time insignificant. The recognition that This too, will pass brings detachment and with detachment another dimension comes into your life--inner space.
Through detachment, as well as nonjudgment and inner nonresistance, you gain access to that dimension. It comes as a stillness, a subtle peace deep within you, even in the face of something seemingly bad.
-Eckhart Tolle
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