"WHEN (IN WINTER) STILL WATER BY THE WIND IS STIRRED, IT TAKES (AS ICE) THE SHAPE AND TEXTURE OF A ROCK. WHEN THE DELUDED ARE DISTURBED BY INTERPRETATIVE THOUGHTS, THAT WHICH IS AS YET UNPATTERNED TURNS VERY HARD AND SOLID. MIND IMMACULATE IN ITS VERY BEING, CAN NEVER BE POLLUTED BY SAMSARA’S OR NIRVANA’S IMPURITIES. A PRECIOUS JEWEL DEEP IN MUD WILL NOT SHINE, THOUGH IT HAS LUSTER. KNOWLEDGE SHINES NOT IN THE DARK, BUT WHEN THE DARKNESS IS ILLUMINED, SUFFERING DISAPPEARS (AT ONCE). SHOOTS GROW FROM THE SEED AND LEAVES FROM THE SHOOTS. HE WHO THINKS OF THE MIND IN TERMS OF ONE OR MANY, CASTS AWAY THE LIGHT AND ENTERS THE WORLD. INTO A (RAGING) FIRE HE WALKS WITH OPEN EYES – WHO COULD BE MORE DESERVING OF COMPASSION?" Source: The Tantra Vision, Vol 1
"Strength is Life; Weakness is Death" - Swami Vivekananda.