We don’t open our hearts and minds to others because it confuses us and we don’t feel brave or sane enough to open up. To help open up, look clearly and compassionately at yourself, then feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else’s eyes.
The ancients say the world is a dream from which there is no escaping. They hold the outer reality as unreal, but there is an inner reality too. Some do not readily accept the conditions of this existence. We have eyes to see, but we also have a voice to refute the existential delusion.
There are three kinds of energy. The first is earth energy or your physical energy. The second is heaven energy centered in the mind, it expresses itself as knowledge and wisdom. The third is harmonized energy centered in the heart, it is expressed as spiritual insight.
Excess and insufficiency are going beyond the middle way. Generally, insufficiency is better than excess. When you accomplish small things, you will be able to judge if it is enough or not enough and be able to adjust your reactions so that you can stay in balance.
Quote: Without good and evil we simply will live totally in our human natures.