There are two kinds of way of living, one is taking one’s own merit as the purpose of life or the way of living, and the other way is glorious – well, the normal way of living.
If you wish to manifest the aspects of your existence and one aspect of the existence is glorious, noble, – then of course your way of living has to be noble and glorious, not for chasing your own merit.
Well, human beings have both aspects in their subconsciousness, let’s say equally. “Equally” means that everybody has the same amount of the wish for a noble and glorious way of living, and in balance they want to live to take their own merit or calculate their own merit, not thinking about others. So where is the difference coming from this? The only difference is coming from the one who recognizes it, the heart of their own merit. Controls it, not letting themselves live like that, oppressing it, holding it so not to let it come out.
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Hope Warriors Dharma Talk 