The journey to peace and happiness is a process of letting go of attachments both physical and mental. To do this open your heart up and surrender to life, but we cannot do this on certain occasions or situations, our surrender must be constant and genuine all the time.
When we join with others the accomplishments are greater than what we can achieve on our own. One must be careful not to lose one’s own personality when joining with others, the idea is integration not assimilation. No matter what is achieved we each walk this path independently.
We make a clay pot, but it is the inner empty space we use. We build a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable. We work with being, but non-being is what we use. Non-being and being create each other. Therefore, being is for benefit and non-being is for usefulness.
To set limits on your expenditures and bounds on your moral conduct is regarded as morally correct. If you do not exercise restraint, it will create unhappiness, but restraint should not be excessive. Strike a balance between excess and insufficiency and follow the central path.
Quote: Choose good and hold fast to it.