Development and Actualization of a State
The process of development is the same thing as the process of unveiling or shedding at the same
time. The development and actualization of a state is
what is needed to go beyond it. They are not two separate things.
You cannot go beyond
self until you actualize self. For instance, when you finally know your true self, you are it, you realize in the same instant that you’ve gone beyond it. You do not need it any more because you’ve got it. That is the hierarchy of
needs – when you do not have it, you need it. You must look for it, but the moment you get it, get it completely, you do not need it any longer; you realize that it is not important. You realize that it is an idea in your
mind anyway. But you do not know that it’s just an idea in your mind until you get it.