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to bite. How can I forget my nature of compassion? I can't be less than the scorpion. I must be I. This is my nature. Everything has its own nature.'
This reflection brings you to your island of reality, your unifying strength, your inner measurement of truth, the innate nature of your nature. In this world where the waves are constantly moving, you do not have to be moving constantly with the ripples. If there is any steady place, that is the island of dharma. That is you. When you live on that island, you know, “Though turbulence may come, I shall not fall down. Though the winds of temptation may come, I shall hold my own. All else is temporary. Reality is here."
With this experience, you don't have bitterness or hatred for anyone. Praise and blame fall away from your life. You are careful about how you live in the world and about what you take into your life. You maintain your balance. What is the nature of your nature? To be lovin compassionate, truthful, blissful, and aware. To care, share, and dare—to care for life, to share with life, and to dare to achieve godhood, the height of your Self.
You know that everything in the universe will go away from you except this dharma, this truth. It is your everlasting companion. Experiencing this, you will never feel lonely. What comes and goes is the world, samsara, the ever-moving.
When feelings of loneliness come over you and you feel that there is nothingness, think instead, "There is somethingness; it is within me. It is dharma. It is the awakening of soul awareness.” Feel it again and again until ultimately you never feel alone.
When you have this awareness, you are your own
