Hope and fear is a feeling with two sides, as long as there is one there is always the other. Hope and fear come as a sense that we lack something, and we are unable to sit, relax, and be ourselves. If we hold on to hope and fear, they rob us of the present moment.
Self-cultivation is a daily activity. No matter how much progress we achieve in one day, we must continue the next. Progress is often so subtle that we may feel the effort is futile, but we must keep doing it every day with the same enthusiasm.
Let go of all desires, detach yourself from all things, dissolve all duality, the idea of good and bad, beautiful and ugly, etc.; practice undiscriminating virtue towards everything and everybody. These practices are the beginning of liberation and a harmonious oneness with all things.
From the time people lose the primordial, and temporary conditioning takes charge, the human mind becomes confused and agitated. You can remove this acquired conditioning without causing injury by practicing stillness and emptying the mind. This state is the place that gives life back to the self.
Quote: The secret of life consists in using action in order to attain non action.