We all possess a divine inner nature hidden beneath an ego. The work aims to reveal that divine nature by reducing the ego. All choices we make come from the ego so counter the work. This is why the work and everything it entails must be choiceless. We work because we obey the call to work, the call to prayer, and that call comes from our divine nature, which in turn is called by God. This is why Daoists say that inner nature and heaven-sent destiny are the same.