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Thiele Everett wrote: <<I don't think it matters much whether or not we think
that this is 'all there is to it'. Whether or not anything more comes out of
it is outside our control anyway. The best we can do, according to what I have
heard and thought wise, is to patiently prepare ourselves by developing
humility, mindfulness, and other good qualities, and then maybe something more
will arise or fall away. Even if it doesn't then we would still have done
well. Wouldn't you agree?>>

As you say, Rett, the best we can do is to patiently prepare ourselves by
developing humility, mindfulness, and other good qualities, and then maybe
something more will arise or fall away. The Buddha says: "Blowing-out and the
path merge into each other (samsandati nibbana� ca patipada ca)." DN, II, 223
[19], DA, 3, 30c23-24.

To all appearance doing the same thing in the same path, some people attain
something, like serenity, and some don't. The difference may or may not be
allocated to the past (i. e., karmic difference), but we can only do as you
say and hope for the best. Heaven forbid, if one does it well enough, one may
even forget to hope for the best!

Tang Huyen