“We are firmly protected from inside. That is our spirit. We are protected from inside, always, incessantly, so we do not expect any help from outside.”
Shogaku Shunryu, in Edward Espe Brown (ed) 2002. Not Always So (Harper Collins)
I take refuge in the triple treasure which is a commitment to the truth of being supported from within. Like a good researcher, I focus on the signal and less on the noise. But lately, to be honest, I wonder how some interpretations of “we do not expect any help from outside” absolves us of institutional and societal transformation.