When we feel most stuck, even then we are never separated from the awakened state. When our neurosis feels far more basic than our wisdom it is there for us. Even ordinary people like us can find this openness of our heart, it is our true and natural condition.
Water is soft, it overcomes obstacles because it is relentless, it will even wear down rocks because of its perseverance, it never gives up. If we relentlessly express our true nature and persevere, we will be successful. We acquire such perseverance by starting out as small drops.
We cannot keep a past moment, the present moment cannot be held, the moment of the future cannot be caught. We are possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, but we overlook the plain truth of the present moment.
We are often among people who don’t belong to our own sphere. In this case we should be aware not to become intimate with them through force of habit. Maintaining sociability without intimacy is the only attitude towards such people, giving us freedom.
Quote: If you choose to activate your potential, it starts with awareness and then a plan.