Are we going to spend this lifetime struggling against uncertainty and saying I’m like this and you’re like that, or are we going to train in letting go, and reconnecting with the natural flexibility of our being and help others do the same? If we do this, limitless possibilities open up.
When you come to the end of a cycle a new one will begin. It means you have achieved more understanding of yourself and the world around you. Completion of something means fulfillment, but don’t stop there. You can now reach out for new vistas with wisdom and assurance.
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.
Speaking clearly and acting simply in a nonaggressive manner with perseverance will help you succeed at any task. The idea that the yielding overcomes the rigid or the soft overcomes the hard is the wisdom permeating these ancient teachings.
Quote: Peacefulness is the natural seed of a violent world.