New Earth: Chapter Two Chapter Book Report

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In attempting to become unaware of these attachments is where the "transformation of consciousness" Tolle references begins.

Tolle notes that this attachment goes as far as our own bodies, and in order to find our true selves, we must assert that we are more than our bodies. He notes, "no matter what your body's appearance is on the outer level, beyond the outer form is an intensely alive energy field" (Tolle 35). The realization of this is immeasurably difficult for individuals to wrap their heads around, which leads to the aligning of oneself with the concept of ego and individuality that so many people recognize as their true existence.

Tolle ends the chapter in a manner that is used to describe the means in which some people come to terms with the true existence he speaks of, free of attachment to objects and our false selves. He does this in noting the state of consciousness that is reached when people lose everything.
Whether through tragedy, death, natural disaster, some people are ultimately left with nothing, and therefore nothing to physically or mentally attach themselves to or align their own self-worth with. Upon coming to the realization that their worldly possessions have been lost, individuals assert that they have "nothing." Tolle notes that it is with this feeling of having "nothing" that an individual has the capacity to become enlightened by the realization that they in fact have more than they can ever comprehend. In learning what this real presence of being is, one can realize one's "true identity as consciousness itself rather than what consciousness had identified with" (Tolle 37). With this, Tolle notes, comes not only peace of mind, but peace of being -- not our physical being, but our transcendent one that holds the real truth......

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