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Speaking, letting go, seizing, opening and closing the eyes convinced that the senses move among the sense-objects.

speaking, letting go, grasping, opening and closing the eyes, holding firmly that it is only the senses moving among their objects.

The list of activities continues: speaking, releasing, taking hold, even the blink of an eye. Through all of them the wise person holds firmly to one understanding: it is the senses that engage with their objects. This repeats in different words the third chapter's insight that qualities act upon qualities. The self remains a witness, unentangled. Traditions differ on how literally to take the self's non-involvement, but the practical effect is clear: one who sees in this way is not puffed up by success or crushed by failure.