There is no human development
Without cultivation of the mind.

Everyone
Begins life
Having within
A wilderness rough and uncultivated.

We start from our own self
That neither knows
What drives us nor
What we wish for.

When we face our mind every day
When we understand its workings
And become its true master,
A hidden inherent power will emerge.

Cultivating oneself
Is nothing less than
The path to excavate light.



Keiko Takahashi
2022.6.1