When someone says “Help others, and you'll be rewarded” it twists the action. The center shifts from helping to getting. The purity of the act is diluted, because it’s no longer about the person in need, but about the outcome for the helper. On the other hand, when someone says “Help, but there's no reward,” the ego resists. Then why should I bother? Because part of us still secretly calculates. So reward is strange. If it's present, it can corrupt the action. If it's absent, we can feel robbed of meaning. But maybe the deeper truth is that the action itself is the center point. To act in alignment with truth, love, or compassion is its own fulfillment. The "reward" isn't an external prize — it's the integrity, the clarity, the wholeness of the act itself. In that sense: Reward is not a thing → because if you chase it, you've missed the point. Reward is a thing → because when the act is pure, the "reward" is built in. It's inseparable from the action, like fragrance from a flower. It's not cause → effect. It's unity. The action is both seed and fruit. That's why, across scriptures, you see this tension: promises of reward (to encourage the beginner), and teachings to abandon reward (to awaken the mature).
Determination
be determined in thing that really impacts your life, not on the ones that boosts your ego.
Peace
peace is not a big deal, you can get that however you want, but what if I say that peace is also an illusion of leaving the search for your purpose.
Luck
luck means using your opportunities well, but sadly those particular opportunities wont knock your door, you have to either create it or find it.
destiny
your destiny is what you do today
ego
the more weight you carry, the more pain you will go through