Just as eagles soar through the vast expanse of the sky without meeting any obstructions, needing only minimal effort to maintain their flight, so advanced meditators concentrating on emptiness can meditate on emptiness for a long time with little effort. Their minds soar through space-like emptiness, undistracted by any other phenomenon. When we meditate on emptiness we should try to emulate these meditators.

Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others to do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.

Since inner peace is the source of all happiness, we can see how important meditation is.

The more we want certain situations, the more we find ourself stuck in situations we do not want.

Our mental attitude transforms a situation into either a problem or an opportunity.

Without improving our mind there is no way to solve our human problems.

Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be acheived unless we first establish peace within our own minds. We can send so-called 'peacekeeping forces' into areas of conflict, but peace cannot be oppossed from the outside with guns. Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others to do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.