A small seed becomes a mighty oak tree one day. If you look at the seed, it is difficult to believe that the ultimate mix of roots, leaves, flowers, and fruits are contained within. Every life carries the blueprint of its destiny within.
Man is also born a seed, brimming with potential. But unless we become conscious of this magnificence within us, we cannot actualize it.
This requires taking the journey inward for the real magic to unfold. This is not to say that the interest in the outer has to be dropped, but our preoccupation with it needs to be. True, the seed draws light, water, nutrition from the outside, but the transformation happens with the inner work.