There must be room in the cup for the tea to be added. In so doing, one recognizes that the tea comes from the source through the pitcher, not of the cup itself.
Full of oneself there is no room for the Real. The emptying out opens the way for more to come. In receptivity one acts as the cup, the receptacle, recognizing the Greater Source. It is here that unfolding, growth can begin. Learned process leads to cooperative effort. Not of self but of non-self. Attachment let go, pointing toward that which is Greater; emptying of positioning oneself first. This is the opening toward life that permits it to lead to itself. Love is the way of opening, for in it no thought of self. Breath and heart, emptying the cup of self toward that which is - greater: The filler, unfolder of being. Can there be any step without first this?