Complete enjoyment is what is meant

By the notion of Goal Attainment.

What was formerly called Goal Attainment

Did not mean the getting of coronets;--

It simply meant that nothing more was needed

For one's enjoyment, and that was all.

Nowadays, what is called Goal Attainment

Means the getting of rewards and coronets.

But rewards and coronets belong to one's ego,

They do not affect the nature as it is constituted

By Nature. For this reason the human nature

Has its own special characteristics.

When such things happen to come,

It is but for a time; being just for a time,

Their coming cannot be obstructed

And their going cannot be stopped;

Hence, we should not because of fame

And rewards indulge our goals,

Nor because of distress resort to

The vulgar learning and thinking.

The one of these conditions and the other

May equally conduce to our enjoyment,

Which is actually to be free from anxiety.

If now the departure of what is transient

Takes away our delight, this view shows

That what enjoyment has brought us

Was actually worthless and mean stuff.

Hence they who lose themselves

In their zealous pursuit of things

And lose their inherent character

In their study of what is vulgar,

Must be pronounced guys

Who turn things upside down.

Therefore the Classic states, 'In producing

And then developing all things and affairs

Create but do not possess them as your own;

Act but do not expect any reward for outcome;

Lead but do not dominate in your attempt

To win the world. . .' These three rules

Are called the Clues of Goal Attainment

Which make you steadfast and unbeatable.