Normally, when people meet each other, they would exchange about what and how they could consume there and here. In the decision if something would be worthy to dedicate ones time, the question "What do I get from it?", would suddenly arise. Often people bear such an attitude also in regard of a monastery of meditation center, but that is the wrong way to step into the practice. In this short evening talk the author explains how an attitude of giving and letting go - from the very beginning till the end of the path - is leading to joy and to another view of one self: "You could be of cause also a being which is not just consuming all the time."
