#platform/youtube #channel/Master-YongHua #playlist/dharma-seeds ![Self-Mastery—Everything Is Ultimately Empty, and Nothing Afflicts You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp2c1uH9VLU) The only way for you to have self-Mastery towards all dharmas, towards everything—the only way possible is that you look at everything as empty—empty, empty, empty, empty, empty, empty. The only way for you to be able to put things down is look at your true nature as empty. Everything is ultimately empty. If you see beyond the exteriors, you see that intrinsic nature of things is empty. Therefore, there's no point in being attached. And that's true wisdom. And that's called self-Mastery. Nothing afflicts you. **Question**: Is what we were saying—um, seeing everything as empty—the same thing as seeing everything as wonderful? Absolutely. **It's truly wonderful ONLY because you can put it down.** If you cannot put it down, it cannot be wonderful. **You cannot put things down unless you see they're wonderful as well. That's why you can put it down. Think about it.**