The Perfection of Equanimity - A thousand goods & a cotton thread

Realities are non-self, they are beyond control. Cittas arise and fall away all the time in succession, and this causes people’s lives to be different: they have accumulated different kammas which produce their results accordingly and they also have different inclinations which condition their varied ways of thinking.
We read in the Commentary to the “Kindred Sayings” (II, Ch XII, 6, Tree Suttas, § 60, The base, Nidana Sutta) that the Dhamma taught by the Buddha for the benefit of all beings can be compared to a thousand goods which are laid down on the door-step of each house for the benefit of the family. Some people may open the door and receive all those goods that are piled up on their door-step whereas others do not even open their door.
Ignorance is the condition for not seeing the benefit of the Dhamma, whereas panna is the condition for realizing its benefit. Each moment of listening to the Dhamma is beneficial. There may not always be an opportunity to apply the Dhamma, but when we have listened to it, there are conditions for kusala dhammas to develop and akusala dhammas gradually to decrease. We should have appreciation for someone who explains the Dhamma as taught by the Buddha. As we have seen, the Buddha’s teaching can be compared to the laying down of a thousand goods before each house-door.
We read in another section of the same Commentary that people are confused and disturbed because of not understanding cause and result which take their course at each moment. This is compared to a cotton thread that is entangled, that has become a knot or a ball which one cannot disentangle by oneself. The Commentary states that the knot can be disentangled only by two people, namely, the Sammasambuddha and the Solitary Buddha, Pacceka Buddha, who have accumulated the perfections so as to realize the four noble Truths by themselves.