If we purposefully use our energy on the inside we can shake off greed, shake off misunderstanding, shake off wrong ideas about people, and the way the world is. We can shake off the false identity, the false beliefs that we have about who we are and then we will be left with just the gold, or the jade. Where does it come from? It was there all the time.

It is there, but we need to work to find it. We need to work in order to learn faster. One has to be in a deep rut to take forty years to learn something isn't working. Some people even take longer. Some people have lived their whole lives and have died believing what wasn't true. It is important, therefor, to work to smooth out the ruts and live with our minds still, and smooth like the reflection of the moon floating on a dark smooth lake. Even if the lake becomes troubled and waves rise up, the reflection of the moon is still and at peace. Even so, the human being can calm his mind, so that it will be still. In the midst of turmoil, the midst of struggle, and the fight to hold on to our real identities, we can be still. We can live in reality with our feet firmly planted on the earth, our heads the heavens, and our hearts and heads melded together so we are whole individuals. We will then ever learn the truth and will someday realize that we, and the lives that we live when we live them fully, are the truth that sets us free.