SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY SEVENTEEN
"The object is an object for the subject,
The subject is a subject for the object:
Know that the relativity of the two
Rests ultimately on one Emptiness."
Here we see the Absolute from the position of the Relative - where all is interconnected and comprises the Whole.
Although it may appear if you look at the Relative from the position of the Relative that all things have independent existence - they truly don't. They all rest ultimately upon one Emptiness.
This is such an important remembrance - nothing exists in-and-of-itself - and no action happens in a vacuum. It is imperative to be skillful on the dualistic plane - keeping sight of the effect on the Whole. Every thought and deed has deep karmic ripples throughout Indra's Net...