When we are treated as something special, we think we are a big deal. Then the same person treats someone else special and ignores you, you feel insulted and humiliated. The idea is to live humbly and if rewarded, accept it and when not, accept things the same way.
When the mind is focused it can become the most powerful tool we know. Explore all the dimensions of your mind, then you will find a wholly integral mode of consciousness. To do this, select an aspect of your mind and delve into it by daily focus.
We can know the world, but first we must know ourselves. We can do this without going anywhere. Live a quiet, simple life, free of ideas and concepts. Find contentment in the practice of undiscriminating virtue, this will become a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.
The beginning of all things lies still in the form of ideas that have yet to become manifest. We have the creative power to lend form to these archetypes of ideas. Once you see causes and effects with clarity, you will have success in giving actuality to these ideas.
Quote: You cannot change what you are, only what you do.