If one abuses or neglects internal powers, external forces will act accordingly.

A show of power is not the same as silent power.

The fulcrum of resistance is in your mind where you pit yourself against the weight of the external.

Peace is more of an internal settlement rather than what is visible on the external.

That which is external, it is instrumental (naimitik); it is relative and it is perishable [destructive]. Instrumental means no one has a say in it. One's actions are not of his own free will; he is under the control of external power. So on what basis do you need to object? Sooner or later you will have to become free from objections.

People try to build their identity around external things such as appearance and the clothes at the expense of neglecting the inner values of who they really are

Your main target should be to find and develop your own unique individuality and not let your focus be sidetracked and drift to external things

When a human being is brought up with the concern of simply taking care of his body and the external aspect of his life, he is acting as though he is only biomass

One who experiences prasantta [blissful happiness] within, he will have prasantta [blissful happiness] externally. The mind is a mirror (reflection) for the external.