CHAPTER TWO of A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle
“Ego: The Current State of Humanity”
WEBCAST 2 REFERENCES TO CHILDREN | CHAP 2 BOOK EXCERPTS REFERING TO KIDS / TEENS |
U N D E R C O N S T R U C T I O N |
Children Learn “I” and Identify with Toys On page 28 of A New Earth, Eckhart wrote: And so as the child grows up, the original I-thought attracts other thoughts to itself: It becomes identified with a gender, possessions, the sense-perceived body, a nationality, race, religion, profession. Other things the “I” identifies with are roles — mother, father, husband, wife, and so on — accumulated knowledge or opinions, likes and dislikes, and also things that happened to “me” in the past, the memory of which are thoughts that further define my sense of self as “me and my story.” [Please refer to your book, page 29, for the rest of this passage, which now focuses back on adults] |
TEENAGERS EXPERIENCE INTENSE WANTING On page 47 Eckhart wrote: [Katia (that’s me!) wrote in the margin: “Teen angst is healthy in some ways. It compels young people eventually out of the nest, to forge their own identity separate from their parents.” Katia writes: Research has shown teen brains are wired for hostility and to assume hostility from others until about the age 25 when the pre-frontal cortex is finally finished developing. Our human brain is then completely mature. It takes a quarter century! The hostility mechanism comes in at puberty and doesn’t fade until age 25, the curious age insurance companies allow young drivers to finally be charged as adults. Some adults are wired for hostility well into their sunset years, however… the hostility thing doesn’t always mature itself out of existence!] |