Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.

As I am, so are others as others are, so am I. Having thus identified self and others, harm no one nor have them harmed.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from tree to tree, Never finding the fruit - From life to life, Never finding peace. If you are filled with desire Your sorrows swell Like the grass after the rain. But if you subdue desire Your sorrows shall fall from you Like drops of water from a lotus flower.

We living beings, right down to crickets, ants, mosquitoes , and flies, all possess life that is without beginning or end.

You can only lose what you cling to.

Therefore, be islands unto yourselves. Be your own refuge. Have recourse to none else for refuge. Hold fast to the Dharma as a refuge. Resort to no other refuge. Whosoever, either now or after I am gone, shall be islands unto themselves, shall seek no eternal refuge, it is they, among my disciples who shall reach the very topmost height! But they must be keen to progress.