A person can only govern their external life to a certain extent because they cannot create all the conditions themselves. It is up to us to do our best within the circumstances given to us by a divine plan. Shaping our lives is limited by the framework presented to us. It is an undeniable fact that conditions are created by a power greater than ourselves. We see this in every aspect of our lives when we look at the order of nature. For example, we have no control over which family we are born into, when and where we are born, we cannot change the seasons, and if someone suddenly jumps in front of our car one day and dies while we are on our way to work, this is also not in our control (unless we have invited it). The death of our closest ones and the consequent forced changes in many parameters of our lives and ourselves are also beyond our control.
A person with a high sense of reason submits to existing conditions after doing everything they can within their power, recognizing the limits of their strength. They submit to the plan of a higher power. This requires trusting that power, accepting its grandeur and plans, and being able to surrender oneself to it. A person who can do this is both happy and at peace. On the other hand, the whispers of the ego destroy everything. The person thinks that wisdom lies within themselves, desires to control all conditions and others. The ego makes one forget the existence of a higher power, making them believe they have the power to manage everything and that every achievement is their own success. The person thinks they are growing, but in reality, they are shrinking. In the end, it takes away their peace and hope, making everything meaningless because they will realize much later that everything they pursued for happiness loses its allure once achieved. It is like the more you eat, the hungrier your stomach feels.
Wisdom is knowing that happiness is not outside but within oneself. Over time, one realizes that what is inside is reflected outside. And they come to this understanding: "All the shortcomings and mistakes I see in others are actually in me. Likewise, all the greatness and beauty I see in myself are also in others." From this, they start to feel that everything is actually different manifestations of the One.
The ego definitely does not want to show this to a person. It puts an alienating lens on the person. The person believes they are the best, all successes and virtues are theirs. All truths are theirs, and all mistakes belong to others. It makes one think they are great because of their achievements. However, being able to see all the shortcomings in oneself makes one grow. Being able to see the beauty and virtues in others also makes one grow because they know that what is in others is also in themselves.
Happy is the person who knows that they harbor all ugliness and beauty, that they encompass all existence and the universe. A person who has understood the laws of nature begins to see the entire system and transforms themselves into a field to be cultivated as a part of nature. They take all the beauties they want to plant and cultivate, remove all unnecessary weeds, and plant trees and flowers instead. The field of a person who can see everything within themselves is no longer a small area and they create a huge, beautiful world from themselves. Thus, they create a world worth living in. People want to beautify the world, but they always try to make changes outside, on the system, or on others. If each of us had transformed our world into fertile soil, the world of each of us and humanity as a whole would be very different today.
