The One Who Knows Their Limits

A Reminder on Boundaries, Power, and Awareness

Had is not, as commonly assumed, holding oneself back.
It is not silence, nor is it shrinking.
Had is knowing the boundary.
Yet this boundary is not a line drawn from the outside,
but a balance established from within.

Not Drawing the Boundary, but Carrying It

Human beings often learn boundaries as a defense mechanism.
Yet a true boundary does not require defense.
When a boundary is drawn, power is spent.
When a boundary is carried, power settles into its place.
This distinction marks the point where awareness deepens.

What 2 Teaches and 8 Completes

Through the consciousness of duality, a person distinguishes between “self” and “other.”

This distinction gives rise to the idea of a boundary.

But living the boundary,
carrying it,
and assuming its responsibility
is another stage altogether.

This stage belongs not to authority,
but to responsibility.

What 8 Says Is Very Clear

The number 8 whispers this:
“I am neither excessive
nor lacking.
I am where I am,
and I take responsibility for this place.”

Here, had is not a prohibition,
but a point of balance—
a silent center established between excess and deficiency.

Who Is the One Who Knows Their Limits?

The one who knows their limits:
knows their power,
knows the cost of that power,
does not force what cannot be carried,
does not deny what can be carried.

They neither withdraw
nor overflow.
They are unassailable because they do not attack.
They are quiet because they are clear.

This Is Not a Teaching, but a Reminder

What is expressed here is not superiority,
not hierarchy,
and certainly not domination.

It is a state of knowing one’s place—
without diminishing oneself,
without overstepping another.

Knowing one’s limits
is not about restricting oneself;
it is about carrying oneself in the right place.