When you become aware of the transience of all forms, your attachment to them lessens, and you dis-identify from them to some extent. Being detached does not mean that you cannot enjoy the good that the world has to offer. In fact, you enjoy it more. 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 realises a 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 inner space. Through detachment, as well as non-judgment and inner non-resistance, you gain access to that dimension.
Eckhart Tolle, 'A New Earth'