On Pride and Delusion

Pride has the seed of delusion which means that when a person has pride the person is practicing self-injury, self-lying and stealing, thus breaking all the three virtues. If one looks at a tree there is one trunk but many roots. Every life force, every being, every entity comprises of  yin and  yang and the potential to merge them together. Too much yin results in poverty consciousness, promiscuity and too much yang in severity, excessive detachment, cruelty etc. The balance of yin and yang (the roots) results in stability or “sthirtha”.