Everything can be used for the spiritual path. It is our motivation that creates the energy to change our minds and activities into beneficial practices. Gelek Rimpoche discusses the first two of seven ways to help oneself on the path. 1). Identifying and aligning one’s self with spiritual teachers helps to create the inspiration to model ourselves in the same way. 2). Making offerings counteracts the impulses of greed and clinging, while developing the habit of generosity and a mind of abundance.