Let things that enter your life wake you up. To do this, be open, be curious, accept everything that comes along and let it teach you what it will. You can try to do everything to make your world perfect, but the old stuff always appears until you have learned your lesson.
Let us not hold ourselves above our fellow human beings no matter how great the disparity. If some appear less fortunate than us, is their misfortune their own fault, is it fair to blame them? To withhold your scorn is already beautiful, but to see how we are all one family is compassion.
Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain, which is part of the physical body. However, insight is a function of the spirit that never goes away, you can always cultivate it. Refined over time, insight becomes pure, constant, unwavering, and peaceful.
Practice undiscriminating virtue carefully and conscientiously, even doing a little good and getting rid of slight faults will make you stronger. With persistence and working consistently, steadily, and accumulating strength will give you a better understanding of life.
Quote: When open, one takes in all; when tranquil, one perceives all.