When we feel inadequate or unworthy, we want to hold on to what we have and are afraid of feeling worse than we do already. The cause of our aggression and fear begins to dissolve when we move past this poverty of holding on to things, both physical and mentally.
There is a source of power within you. Although external circumstances may occasionally hamper you, true movement comes from within yourself. This power source is latent within each of us, but you can learn to tap into it. Finding this power is great joy, deciding how to direct it is a great responsibility.
When things arise, let them come; when things depart, let them go, don’t posses, don’t expect. Practice undiscriminating virtue, take care of those who are deserving, also and equally take care of those who are not. These practices calm the mind and bring one into harmony with all things.
When inner worth mounts with great force, there is danger that when this force comes to power you may forget to ask what is right, and being intent on movement, you may not wait for the right time. Great power and force must be indissolubly united with what is right.
Quote: In order to understand, we have to remain in the darkness of not knowing.