The life of a tree is in its roots.

But we have taken the external flowers and leaves to be life. The inner roots have been completely neglected. We have no memory that there is something inside and whatever there is, is within. Truth is inside, strength is inside; all life’s ability is inside. From inside it manifests outside. Outside is the expression; being is inside; becoming is outside. That which is real is inside; that which is expressed, that which is manifested is outside. The soul is within; what is outside is only its manifestation. Those who take the external expressions to be life, they live in fear of death.