In general, a person does not realize that the pursuit of all kinds of things and goals is a form of unhappiness (duhkha), a notion that it is not good as it is.

This starts early, when a child is indoctrinated with the idea ‘that he or she has to become something, ‘what do you want to be later?’.

This pressure on a person to have to achieve something therefore arises from a certain dissatisfaction, because of the conviction that something is missing, that you are lacking. This is understandable since we feel limited and separated, while we are whole and complete.

These thoughts, via ego, mind and body, incite actions in the world to compensate for the feeling of inadequacy and limitation.

Inertia (jaḍa) is mentioned in this list, because knowledge tells us that all feelings and thoughts are phenomena of māyā, and inherently inert. What does inert mean? They are in themselves inanimate and therefore dead as a doornail. Do I want to attach myself to something that is stone dead?

This should tell me something about our radiant, full presence, because in fact we are what makes māyā appear: The full, infinitely blissful self.